Hon. Uche Lilian Ekwunife is a charismatic politician. She is representing Anocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia District. She is the chairman of Environment and member to other committees. Her Legislative interest is to give quality representation in education, women rights and the eradication of cultism, and she tends to achieve promotion and initiating good bills that will affect the lives of Nigerian. You may recall that Uche Ekwunife has been to the Rep under PDP which she completed her term of four years. She is back to Rep under APGA. During her four years in the house under PDP she received a total of 688 million Naira constituency fund at an amount of 43 million per quarter. This tenure alone she already received 430 million Naira constituency fund, added together is 1.118 billion Naira. By the end of this tenure Uche Ekwunife, will be in possession 1.370 billion Naira of Anocha, Njikoka and Dunukofia constituency fund voted for their development. Uche Ekwunife in her website (http://ucheekwunife.org/our-achievements/) tabled her achievements since being elected to the House of Rep.

In order not to get our teeming readers confused or carried away, we have also made a decision to analyze and cost these projects, to know if it is commensurate with 1.118 billion Naira, she received as a constituency project fund for the development of her constituency. By next month, August, the fund will increase to 1,161 billion Naira with the addition of 43 million third quota.

Uche Ekwunife with the effort of (MDG) applied to the Ministry for Power for transformers, and solar lights for her constituency which were granted. She receive about 7 Transformers and the Street Solar Light which she distributed to her constituency. Again, on the Erosion, Uche Ekwunife as the Chairman of the House Committee on Environment, could bring the government attention to the menace of erosion in her constituency. You may recall that Anambra State and federal government declared this communities disaster zone during the erosion menace. The ongoing erosion projects are jointly financed, by Anambra state and federal government with emergency relief fund and Ecological Fund. The important thing is that she did not spend any money on these projects. It is among the privilege legislators and any individuals who knows his or her right can enjoy as a citizen of Nigeria.

For example, Ukpo, a town in Uche Ekwunife constituency, Professor Felix Nweke the President General of Ukpo, Improvement Union single handedly applied to the concerned Ministries and more than 50 transformers and Electric Cables and Electric Poles were brought to Ukpo town without spending a cent. Though, the confirmation of his application took over a year before it was granted by the concerned ministry. Ukpo town installed the transformers in every nook and crannies of the town even in the areas where there are no buildings yet. They also changed the old Electric Cables and Electric Poles. More than 24 remaining Transformers and Cables and Poles are still packed in the Igwe's Palace. You can go there and see it for yourself. Imagine if Professor Felix Nweke were to be representative of this constituency. The Professor is in no way connected to PHCN or government or involved in politics. In fact, according to his close associates, he hates Nigerian politics to the core. This fit is not about him knowing people in the government, but knowing his right as a citizen of the country and being honest and patriotic to his people.

Other achievements of Uche Ekwunife are the Supply of Basic Drugs to Primary Health Centre at Ozzuh, Umunachi, Dunukofia LGA, and books to schools. Uche did not spend any money but rather took advantage of knowing her right and privilege granted to federal legislators. She applied to the concerned ministries like Ministry Health for drug allocation for her constituency. The drugs were released without paying a dime. Federal Ministries and State Ministry allocations are available for every legislator. Ministry of Health allocates but also, medical equipment to our federal legislators annually. The annual allocation is done by every ministry. For example, Ministry of Education allots Books. Ministry of Power allot Transformers and Electric Cables. Ministry of Works allot cement, building materials and road construction materials, etc. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, allots fertilizer, etc. Ministry of Labour allots about 20 federal job vacancy to the legislators annually. The problem is that the legislators receive this allocation, but rather than sending it to their constituency as stipulated by the constitution. They sell it to the highest bidder.

All federal legislators have a job vacancy quotas allotted to them annually , but instead of giving the job to the unemployed in their constituencies some of them sell it off to make money while some keep it to themselves and collect the salaries of those positions with the assistance of the staffs of the ministries or parastatal where the vacancy exist. Uche Ekwunife did not finance the Erosion project or Drugs to the health center or Transformers and Solar Light or Books supplied to the schools. The only project she financed with the constituency fund is the Construction of Market Stores at Neni, Anaocha LGA and Construction of a Community Town Hall Akwaeze, Anaocha LGA, which by our assessment is not more than 20 million Naira at most. However, she at least said the truth that she only attracted the projects and not that she financed the projects. That is a credit to her. Some legislators will claim that they financed the projects. Nevertheless, the people of her constituency want to know what she did 1.118 billion Naira constituency project fund she received for her constituency? Is the money still in Nigeria or oversees accounts? Uche Ekwunife has to tell her constituency where the money is kept and why she had not used the money for the development of their communities. Please if she comes to your town for gubernatorial campaigns remember to ask her to account for the constituency project fund.

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@poster..u re a big disgrace to the journalism industry if indeed u re nt a quack copy and paste nairalander..am nt an anambrarian bt get it right inside ur brain dat constituency funds doesnt exist anymore,rather it is domiciled Within de MDA's that in turn provide required infrastructure to the nooks and cranny of over Nigeria..No Legislator is being paid ur so called phoney 43m naira..so ur bad intention on Mrs Uche Ekwunife..Iyom..is dead on arrival

Perhaps, Uche Ekwunife is a relation of yours. but get it into your head that the fund was formally use to pass through the federal ministry of works untill it was discovered that the ministry share the money with the legislators without performing any project with it. Another way the money is shared, is through over invoicing on a project and some time no project at all because the legislators where allowed to provide their own contractors. This led to Paffcomm articles against the government that led to the forming of MDAs and with holding of the constituency project fund by the president which almost resulted to his impeachment. You may also recall the the finance minister was invited to the house for questioning. Unfortunately the same corruption continued with MDAs. Kindly tell me other local govt areas or constituency the MDAs has done any project with the fund. Amansea 20 million naira Solar Borehole project started by MDAs through Ngige stopped on the way after just about 30 feet of drilling. Please can you tell me what happened to the 20 million naira? The people of Amansea are calling on Ngige to come and finish the project. Again I want you to tell me why 20 million was budgeted for just one solar borehole, is that not over invoicing? Untill date, MDAs has not finish the Ekwunufe erosion projects. More than half of the Ekunife solar light are not functioning anymore. More so, nobody has given the total cost of the erosion and solar light projects. for your infomation constituency fund still exist, the president just release 30 billion naira for the first quata on march 26 2013. follow the link and stop supporting the evills in the country.(http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/fg-releases-n30bn-for-constituency-projects/)