NDUDI ELUMELU: An Irrepressible Fighter For The Masses. By Bisi Ezekiel

Hon. Ndudi Elumelu

"Today, Elumelu stands tall as an irrepressible voice of the Nigerian masses, the oppressed in the society, fighting against injustice through the instrument of legislation." Ezekiel.

His passion for fairness equity and justice has been further imbued by his position as Minority Leader of the House, a position which has made him a force to reckon with in Nigerian Parliament.

Hon. Ndudi Elumelu is currently, the Minority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives in the National Assembly in Abuja. He represents the hood people of  Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State, South-south of Nigeria. 

He is serving his fourth term as a legislator in the Green Chamber of the Nigerian Parliament not because  Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency  lacks other qualified persons to represent them but, they retained this illustrious son of the land because of his qualitative representation through which he has brought strides of development to the area.

Elumelu, in his stay at the National Assembly, has facilitated many federal government projects to the Constituency from 2007 that he has been representing them.

He has remainee a pride to the Constituency and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which he has served in many capacities on various committees and on different assignments.

Today, Elumelu stands tall as an irrepressible voice of the Nigerian masses, the oppressed in the society, fighting against injustice through the instrument of legislation.

His passion for fairness equity and justice has been further imbued by his position as Minority Leader of the House, a position which has made him a force to reckon with in Nigerian Parliament.

Elumelu, since assumption of that leadership role, has never disappointed his colleagues on the opposition aisle of the Green Chambers.

He confronts headlong, the House leadership whenever they drift away from the letters of the House Rules and, is known to always be on his feet to counter any proposed motion or bill that tends to infringe on the fundamental human rights of the citizenry.

The Minority Leader is averse to, not only defending the interest of the minority caucus which include members of smaller parties but the interest of the poor masses who are the larger minority.

He has made the fight against any piece of repressive legislation his duty and is always ready to lobby colleagues of like minds, to quash such anti-legislation.

His action, in leading members of the opposition on a 'walk out' of plenary in one of the House sessions in the build up towards the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act, is a testament to his qualitative leadership.

He is a man who does not play politics with national issues but criticises government policies objectively.

Elumelu is a humble Nigerian, well educated and passionate about development of people through policies that are capable of restoring to the people dignity and bring joy to all.