Senator Mao Arukwe Ohuabunwa despite being just 2 years and a few months old in the red chambers is not a stranger to legislative business, having represented Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency in the house of representative in the past so he is quite prepared and ready for the task of attracting development to Abia north senatorial zone.
Despite the electoral challenges he faced during and after the elections, but as a man in touch with his constituency and also well abreast of legislative functionalities, it did not take him long to initiate a motion on the urgent reconstruction of Arochukwu/Ohafia road given its strategic importance and the neglect it has faced over the years, where politicians have turned it into campaign material, but today by virtue of Senator Ohuabunwa’s legislative ingenuity the reconstruction of that road has been passed and included in the budget while action is ongoing on the Ohafia/Arochukwu road courtesy of Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.
Senator Ohuabunwa have also inline with his Corporate Social Responsibility successfully constructed class room blocks at Ututu and Item, he has also planted solar powered street lights at Arochukwu, and Isuikwuato, he also dug solar powered bore hole at Elu-ohafia and has also constructed skill acquisition center at Isuochi.
Senator Mao did not just set out to undertake all these developmental projects without first identifying areas of urgent need within his constituency being a man in tune with his environment.
Senator Ohuabunwa had also passed bills and raised motions in the red chambers that have been passed as law while some are still being considered and are at different stages of consideration.
These are the bills and motions sponsored by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa in the 8th Senate.
National Centre for Cancer and Treatment (Est,etc) Bill 2015. (SB. 10) (Passed into law)
Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology Act Cap N116 LFN 2004(Repeal and Re-enactment Bill 2015 (SB.11) (second reading)
National Agricultural Land Development Authority Act Cap N4 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2004, (SB. 12) (second reading)
Nigerian Institute of Management Act 14 2003 (Amendment) Bill 2015 (SB. 13) (SB. 18) (second reading)
Presidential Transition Bill 2015 (SB. 19) (second reading)
Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (Est, Etc.) Bill 2015 (SB.20) (Passed into law)
National Council for Research and Development Bill, 2015 (SB. 124) (merged)
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Act No. 6 2007 (Amendment) Bill 2015 (SB 132) (second reading)
Federal Entrepreneurship Centers (Establishment, etc.) Bill 2015 (SB. 133) (second reading)
Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M8 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2015 (SB. 136) (second reading
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Third Alteration) Act 2016 (Pending)
An Act to Amend the Code of Conduct Bureau Tribunal Act, Cap C15, LFN, 2004 (etc.) (Merged)
Motions
Motion on the control of gully erosion and provision of relief materials to citizens of affected parts in Arochukwu, Isuikwuato and other parts of the nation (passed)
Motion on the plight of Locum Medical Doctors in internship training (Passed)
Motion on the full implementation of transfer of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC) surplus fund from yearly budget requirements, to the Rural Electrification Fund as established by the Electricity Power Reform Act,2005 (Passed)
Motion on Digital Switch Over; The Way Forward after Nigeria’s failure to meet the deadline set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for migration from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting (Passed)
Motion on the outbreak of Epidemic of gastroenteritis in Ohafia and other parts of Umunneochi LGA of Abia North (Passed)
Motion to address the rehabilitation of Prison inmates through agricultural programs run by the Nigerian Prisons Service (Passed)
Disturbing rates of Accidents caused by obstructions/illegal structures on our highways (passed)
The need for the CBN to expeditiously implement its intervention funding programs to qualified Nigerian Companies, Factories, Industries and Exporters (Passed)
Urgent need to revisit the issue of Corporate Tax Incentives which is turning to a huge drain on the Nigerian economy (Pending)
Urgent need to end the illicit trade in freshly minted Nigerian currency (passed))
Motion on Petitions from constituents of Abia North, against breaches affecting them (several adopted and restorative actions taken, while some still pending).
For Senator Ohuabunwa, experience, passion and love for his people are the driving force behind the midterm achievements he has so far recorded in the journey of representing and attracting development for the good people of Abia north senatorial zone.