Clifford Ordia served as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, representing the people of Edo Central senatorial district, Edo State, in the Nigerian Senate.
18 Facts About Clifford Ordia
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Clifford Ordia is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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Clifford Akhimienmona Ordia was born in Usugbenu Irrua, Esan Central Local government area of Edo State on May 19,1960.
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Clifford Ordia began his education at St Michael's primary school Usugbenu in 1967.
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Clifford Ordia is a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers.
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In June 2015, Clifford Ordia opposed move by the ruling All Progressives Congress to remove the President of the 8th Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.
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Clifford Ordia played a lead role in the emergence of Bukola Saraki who defied his party, APC's instruction to jettison his ambition for the seat and support the party's anointed candidate, Ahmad Lawan and the emergence of Ike Ekweremadu an opposition People's Democratic Party senator as Deputy President of the Senate.
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Clifford Ordia was re-elected to a second term in the senate in 2019.
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In June 2019, Clifford Ordia emerged as the senate Deputy Minority Whip in a shadow election conducted by the PDP to elect its minority principal officers in the senate.
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Clifford Ordia was replaced in the senate by Monday Okpebholo, who won the 2023 Edo Central senatorial elections.
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Clifford Ordia has constituency projects spread across all the five local government areas in his senatorial district.
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Clifford Ordia alone has facilitated more than 200 intervention projects across his senatorial district.
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Clifford Ordia, facilitated graduate and non-graduate job opportunities for youths in his senatorial district.
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Clifford Ordia used his office to facilitate numerous economic empowerment for youths and women in his senatorial district, providing them with income generating items and start-up grants to commence a viable business; the income generating items include: 80 motorcycles, 111 tricycles, 211 tomato grinding machines, 311 sewing machines, 86 hair dryers, 60 deep freezers and 60 generators.
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Clifford Ordia facilitated the construction of 22 roads, 28 blocks of class rooms, 7 health care centres, construction of a modern psychiatric building in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, donation of an ambulance to ISTH, construction and furnishing of a two bedroom doctors building in Usugbenu, 8 transformers, over 500 poles of solar powered street lights.
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Clifford Ordia constructed a modern cassava processing factory for the speedy processing of cassava by cassava farmers in Edo Central senatorial district.
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Clifford Ordia donated 4 tractors to Esan Central Farmers Association.
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Clifford Ordia is married to an Ewu woman from Esan Central local government area.