bodies: Institute of Chartered Insurance, London. Benin Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). Appointments Appointed as National Commissioner on the Board of Nigerian Communications Commission Representing South East Zone by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR in 2016 till date. Legislative Positions Held in the Senate Between 1999 and 2007 Chairman, Senate Committee on Power and Steel Development Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture & Tourism Chairman, Senate Committee on Local & Foreign Debts Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Chairman, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Deputy Leader, South East Caucus of National Assembly Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum Member, Senate Committee on Works, Finance & Appropriation & Petroleum Resources Chairman, National Assembly Constitution Review Public Hearing Committee for South West Member, representing Imo State in the Constitution Review Committee of National Assembly Chairman, National Assembly South-East Caucus Committee on the Creation of an Additional State in South-East Pioneer Chairman, Southern Senators Forum (2003 – 2007) Merit Award Fellow, Institute of Sales Management of Nigeria (FNISM) Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration (FICA) Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Internal Auditors of Nigeria (Hon. FICA) World Figure of outstanding Leadership, Honesty and Human qualities of Internal Auditors of Nigeria (WFLHQ) Patron, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Grand Achiever, Field of Science, Faculty of Science Students Association, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife (GAFS) Recipient, Justice of Peace Award for outstanding performance by the Umuduru Development Union, Lagos Branch Award for Excellent performance by the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) Award for Democracy and good governance by the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abuja Council Best Serving Senator of the South East (2003 – 2007) award by Encomium Magazine Accomplishments while in the Senate Fashioned and presented the Presidential Library Bill in the senate Fashioned and presented the Bill for the Establishment of Coastal Guards and Arming of Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Participated in the resolution of some of the major political, ethnic and religious conflicts in the Country particularly in the Niger Delta between 1999 and 2007 Advised the Senate severally on the adoption of the Legislative Approach to conflict resolution Participated in several fora both locally and internationally to press for the cancellation of Nigeria’s foreign debts by Creditor Nations Acted as a key member of a group of Legislators who worked and implemented strategies for harmony between the Legislature and the Executive Participated in the passage