DISTINGUISHED SENATOR GERSHOM BASSEY'S 3 YEARS SCORECARD (more to come)
ROAD PROJECTS:
2. Rehabilitation of Calabar-Akamkpa-Biase Road-AKAMKPA
3. Earth works in Ikpai-AKAMKPA
4. Rehabilitation of Calabar-Atimbo-Ikang Road-AKPABUYO
5. Rehabilitation of Akpet Central-Ugbem-Biakpan-Asaga Road-BIASE
6. Strong representation for the construction of the East-West Road
7. Strong representation for the construction of the Calabar-Lagos Railway line
8. Land development and irrigation/Drainage/Flood control in Eniong Creek Control-ODUKPANI
9. Calabar-ODUKPANI-Itu Road dualization.
SCHOOL PROJECTS:
1. Construction of Classroom Blocks & Furnishing of School library and Solar power borehole-Ojuk South, AKAMKPA
2. Renovation and furnishing of School library-Akamkpa Urban, AKAMKPA
3. Construction of Classroom Blocks & Furnishing of School libraries and Solar power borehole-Ndon Nyam, ODUKPANI.
WATER PROJECTS:
1. Construction of Kwa Falls Multi-purpose Dam-AKAMKPA
2. Mini Solar Powered Water Scheme, Ndeghe and Oban-AKAMKPA
3. Provision of Solar Powered Borehole in Ikot Abasi Effiom village-AKPABUYO
4. Mini Solar Powered Water Scheme, Ikot Ekriba and Akwa Ikot Edet Nsa-AKPABUYO
5. Provision of Integrated Water Scheme in 4 locations: Okurike, Ikot-Ana, Ijum-Urugbam and Betem, BIASE
6. Mini Solar Powered Water Scheme in Abakpa and Abaribara, BIASE
7. Mini Solar Powered Water Scheme in Ibonda, ODUKPANI.
HOSPITAL PROJECTS:
1. Equipping of Primary Health Center, Uwet, AKAMKPA
2. Equipping of Primary Health Center at Ekpo Abasi, Calabar South
3. Equipping of UCTH and Primary Health Center, Akai Effa with laundry equipment-CALABAR MUNICIPALITY
4. Equipping of six Primary Health Centers at ODUKPANI Central, Ikot Essien, Ndon-nwong, Qua, Oduyama, Obomitiat, Odukpani
YOUTH & WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:
1. Construction of Lock-up shops in Akpabuyo
2. Construction of Lock-up shops at Ikot Eneobong, 8Miles, Calabar Municipality
3. Provision of a brand new 20 Seater Passenger Engine Driven Ferry Boat Powered by twin 85HP Outboard Engine, Ikot Ana, Biase
4. Training of 150 youths and women on various skills-CALABAR SOUTH, MUNICIPALITY, AKAMKPA, AKPABUYO, ODUKPANI, BIASE & BAKASSI
5. Provision of Brand new 18 Seater Bus to the physically Challenged Community-CALABAR SOUTH
6. Provision of Brand New 18 Seater Bus women groups across-CALABAR SOUTH, MUNICIPALITY, AKAMPA, AKPABUYO, ODUKPANI, BIASE & BAKASSI
7. Provision of 18 Generators and 10 Grinding machines for women across-CALABAR SOUTH, MUNICIPALITY, AKAMPA, AKPABUYO, ODUKPANI, BIASE & BAKASSI
8. Provision of a Brand new 20 Seater Passenger Engine Driven Ferry Boat Powered by twin 85HP Outboard Engine-ODUKPANI
9. Establishment of one of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Park (NOGIC Park),Onim Ankiong, ODUKPANI
EMPLOYMENT:
Over 200 names have been sent to various ministries and agencies of the Federal Government (DPR, FIRS, PENCOM, PTDF, CIVIL DEFENCE etc) and the employment of these persons are being processed.The following (17) persons have been recruited/employment into various MDAs through the intervention of the Distinghed Senator:
1. FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TRADE & INVESTMENT: One person from Biase LGA
2. FEDERAL NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, CALABAR: Three persons from Calabar South, Calabar Municipality and Biase LGA
3. NIGERIA SECURITY & CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS: Two persons from Calabar Municipality and Akpabuyo LGA
4. CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA: Two persons from Odukpani and Calabar Municipality LGA
5. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: Five persons from AKAMKPA, Biase, Odukpani, Calabar South and Calabar Municipality LGA
6. NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS: One person from Akpabuyo LGA
7. NATIONAL BOARD FOR ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES: One person from Calabar South LGA
8. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES, MIGRANTS & INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: One person from Biase LGA
9. NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RESEARCH: One person from Calabar South LGA
10. NIGERIA CONTENT DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING BOARD: Sub-sea Unique Training-Two persons from Calabar Municipality LGA, One from BIASE LGA
11. FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE
CONSTITUENTS OUTREACH:
A total of =N=193,000,000 (One hundred and ninety three million) Naira and counting has been paid out to many constituents from June 2015 to date through the following but not limited to:
1. Yuletide\Town Hall Meetings
2. School fees, accommodation, medicals and other travel expense payments
3. Burial, Child dedication, Marriage and birthday celebrations
4. Associations and Interest groups support
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD:
1. Three persons from Bakassi, AKAMKPA and Biase LGA currently being processed for Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Local Masters Scholarship Award in United Kingdom
BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROJECT:
The grass root Child Education initiative for the academic support of over 200constituent children across the Southern Senetorial District through the provision of school bags, books, textbooks, pencils, pen, crayon, drawing book, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and mathematical sets.
SPONSORED PROGRAMMES:
1. The successful and well attended Local Content Workshop organized by Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) in collaboration with New Planet Projects was facilitated to be hosted in Calabar Cross River State; with a rewarding value chain effect on the Calabar business climate-hotels, hospitality, car rentals, photographers, tour guides etc.
2. The facilitation of the establishment of Zonal offices of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and Department of Petroleum Resources in Calabar, Cross River State
3. The facilitation of vocational skills training of fourteen constituents bt the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
4. The submission of 150 constituent names to National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for vocational skills training.
5. The facilitation for upgrade of Technical Colleges across Southern Senetorial District; funding of endowment of professorial Chair in Petroleum Engineering Department of the Universities in Cross River State; and the institutional upgrade and establishment of specialized welding training centers in the Universities in Cross River State all by Petroleum related MDAs.
6. The facilitation of University Lecturer Enhancement Progamme for Academic Staff of the Universities in Cross River State
7. The facilitation, submission and subsequent enlistment of consttuent youths and women in the Bank of Industry (BOI) Government Enterprise and Empowerment Progam (GEEP) for the provision of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) MarketMoni to over 70 constituents through 14 Micro Multi-purpose cooperative societies across the Southern Senetorial District.
8. The deployment of an open-door-operative full sized advert board/display of active phone numbers for ease of communication between the constituents and the Senator.
9. The facilitation and submission of over 80 names of constituent youths and women for the N-Power stipend provision scheme.
10. The facilitation of the establishment of one of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Park (NOGIC Park) at Odukpani LGA, Cross River State and the deployment of local content manpower-contractors, consultants, professional skilled and unskilled labour.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS:
SENATE JOINT COMMITTEE
• Chairman, Petroleum Resources (Upstream) Technical Sub-Committee on Policy, Process & Procedure and Compliance.
• Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream and Downstream) and Gas Resources.
• Joint Committee on Finance, Trade & Investment, Gas, Banking Insurance & Other Financial Institutions, Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters, Petroleum Resources (Upstream), and Customs, Excise & Tariff
• Joint Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social Welfare, National Planning & Economic Affairs
• Joint Committee to Investigate the Implementation of Local Content Development Fund
• Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Governance Bill
• Joint Committee on Joint Venture Cash Calls Obligation
• Joint Committee on Science and Technology and Defense
• Joint Committee on Gas, Petroleum Resources Upstream, Finance and Appropriation- To work on the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP)
• Ad-hoc Committee on Import Duty Waiver, Concessions & Grants.
• Ad-hoc Committee on Investigation of Local Content Elements and Cost Variations Relating to Egina Oil Field
• Member, ECOWAS Parliament
• Member, GLOBE ( The Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment) Nigeria- An international network comprising of parliamentarians from over 99 countries committed to developing and overseeing the implementation of laws in pursuit of sustainable development
• Member, NIGERIA-MOROCCO Parliamentary Friendship Group - A working platform for actualizing the implementation of the bilateral MOUs signed between Nigeria and Morocco in 2016.
STANDING COMMITEES:
• Vice Chairman, Senate Committee: Petroleum Resources (Upstream)
• Member, Senate Committee: Water Resources
• Member, Senate Committee: Defence
• Member, Senate Committee: Federal Character & Inter-Governmental Affairs
• Member, Senate Committee: Local Content
• Member, Senate Committee: Cooperation and Integration in Africa/NEPAD
• Member, Senate Committee: Gas Resources.
SPONSORED BILLS:
• Correction, Reforming and Re-integration Centre (establishment, etc) Bill, 2016 (second reading)
• A Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Justice (Release from Custody) (Special Provision) Act, CAP C40 LFN 2011 and for Other Related Matters (second reading)
• Fire (Hazard, Prevention and Safe guard) Bill, 2018 (First Reading)
• National Boundary Commission Act CAP N10 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (First Reading)
• Federal polytechnic, Akpabuyo ( Establishment) Bill, 2018 (First Reading) CO-SPONSORED BILLS
• A Bill for an Act to amend the National Petroleum Corporation Act CAP N123 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and for Other matters connected therewith, 2017
• Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, 2017
• Petroleum Industry Administration Bill, 2017
• Petroleum Host Communities Development Bill, 2017
• Petroleum Fiscal Reform Bill, 2017
• Nigerian Financial Intelligence Agency Bill, 2018
• A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the National Poverty Eradication Commission and for other matters connected therein, 2016
• A Bill for an Act to establish the Defence Space Administration, develop satellite technology and to ensure security of the nation's cyber activities and for related matters, 2016.
• Appropriation Bill, 2016, 2017.
• A Bill for an Act to establish the gas flaring prohibition Bill, 2017
• A Bill for an Act to amend the River Basin Development Act CAP R9 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2018
SPONSORED MOTIONS:
• Calabar Football Viewing Centre Tragedy (to cause the Electricity Distribution Companies to carry out regular checks and maintenance of their installations so as to forestall tragedies such as this)
• A Call for the Proper Resettlement and Compensation of the Bakassi People
• The need to ascertain the Degree of Local Content in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry (for the strict compliance of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry (for the strict compliance of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act (NOGIC) 2010 that amongst other things promotes indigenous participation in the management and control of the oil and gas industry from all categories)
• Need for Intensified Sensitization on Climate change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector.
• Motion on Boundary Crisis arising from non-delimitation of Nigerian Internal Boundaries.
• Need for the harmonization of Biometric Data of Nigerian Citizens.
CO-SPONSORED MOTIONS:
• Need to Revive and Resuscitate River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) - to cause the RBDAs to carry out the actual function for which they were set-up which include provision of water for irrigation and domestic water supply, recreation facilities and fisheries please.
• The State of disrepair and total collapse of the Ikot Ekpene-Itu-Calabar Federal Highway
• Re:Bakassi Indigenes in Diaspora in the Cameroons (to amongst other resolutions; call on the Cameroonian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to respect the provisions of the Green Tree Agreement)
• The need to urgently resuscitate collapse of Road Infrastructure in Nigeria
• The abuse of the Treasury Single Account
• Urgent need for the Federal Government to intervene in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology imbroglio in order to save the future of the innocent youths.
• The urgent need to resuscitate River Basin Development Authorities
• The need to urgently seek the resuscitation of Collapsed and Ailing Industries as well as the establishment of new ones to rejuvenate the economy.
• The urgent need to avoid the imminent disruption of full academic activities and closure of the University of Maiduguri due to rising insecurity occasioned by the spate of suicide bomb attacks.
• The urgent need to complete the East/West Road, especially the section along Aba/Eleme Road Junction to Onne Road Junction.
• Influx of Refugees from the Republic of Cameroun to some border communities in Cross River State and its attendant security fallout.
• The need to check the rising menace pharmaceutical drug abuse among youths especially in Northern Nigeria.
• The legislative investigation of Local Content Elements and cost variants relating to the Egina Oil Field and other related matters.
• The urgent need to stop the increasing rate of child labour, molestation and abuse in Nigeria.
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