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Member of the Bayelsa state House of Assembly representing Yenagoa Constituency (3),Hon.Ted Tonbara Elemeforo has revealed that within the past two years that he has been serving as the representative of his people in the state law making House, that he has made consolidated record of achievements for his Constituency.
Elemeforo who is also the Chairman of the House committee on physical planning and development board stated that in the past two years of his first four years tenure which began in 2019 he has like every elected member of the state Assembly been involved in the tasks of representation, lawmaking and oversights to improve the lots of his constituents through attracting and spuring development to the area.
He emphasized that as the Assembly Member of the Constituency which he stated, comprises the three clans of Okordia, Zarama and Biseni, respectively, that at various occasions he has to willingly intervene in the processes of making life more meaningful for his Constituents through the offsetting of healthcare bills, award of scholarships to Constituents who meet a particular set standard in academic pursuits and that he has been participating as expected in the general manpower development of his Constituency.
National Wire gathered through its source that Elemeforo was amongst the first persons who spoke out against the alleged continuous dehumanizing activities of oil companies operating in his Constituency, leading to the prompt intervention by the state government to ameliorate the plights of the people of the oil rich clans of the Constituency.
He restated the need for his Constituents to continue keeping faith in the Prosperity government of senator Douye Diri, saying that the Governor has impacted on the development of the area with the approval of the East-West-Nyambiri-Biseni road project,just as he noted that government also has plans to built a military secondary school in the Constituency.
The Legislator who is a first termer applauded former lawmakers from the Constituency for their contributions in the development of the area, mentioning that following the fact that the Constituency lacked a central arena for meetings and related events,he in consultations with stakeholders and opinion moulders from the area has since built a 1500 sitting capacity multipurpose hall fitted with the state-of- the-art facilities as his first Constituency project, just as he hinted that the said project was awarded by the state government.
The Assembly Member reiterated that while he would still be doing more of such projects if they were awarded in the coming years of his tenure, he doesn’t intend to be found wanting in his representation, lawmaking and oversights functions.
Elemeforo Advised his Constituents to disabuse their minds of any contrary claims by those he described as opposition elements in the Constituency who claimed not to have seen anything good about his representation in the Constituency.
He said: “My advise to the Okordia-Zarama-Biseni people(Yenagoa Constituency three) is for them to continue to have faith in the Prosperity government of his excellency,senator Douye Diri,the executive Governor of our Dear state.
“Through the Constituency Project contracts awarded by the state government, I’ve built the best town hall(a multipurpose hall)in the state with galaries in my Constituency headquarters,Agbobiri Communitiy. But apart from this town hall built within my first two years in the House, I’ve also done project on borehole for this same Communitiy. And I’ve the intention of replicating projects in other Communities when once other Constituency projects are awarded.
“I’ve been footing medical bills for my ailing Constituents who couldn’t afford their bills. I’ve also been instrumental to the reassorbtion into the civil service of civil servants from my Constituency who were unlawfully sacked by the various civil service verification exercises conducted in the state”.
” I’ve a scholarship scheme for my Constituency too, where students in tertiary institutions who a CGPA of four point and beyond become direct beneficiaries of the scholarship.Recently I was glad when I met a young woman who told me she had graduated through the support of my scholarship scheme,and I was so glad I had that scheme for my Constituency”.
