Rep Sam Onuigbo, representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/South Federal Constituency on  Sunday emerged among the five inductees into Nigeria first ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian, MVP Hall of Fame.


Onuigbo scaled through the process which started with the appraisal of the the performance of the 469 legislators from both the Senate and House of Representatives. He emerged on the shortlist of 25 members from which the five finalists today emerged.



Watchers of the 9th National Assembly proffers that Onuigbo's induction into the MVP Hall of Fame is a reward for the Climate Change Act which he sponsored and pursued to  successful conclusion  despite several setbacks before it was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in November, 2021


Conservation experts describe the Act as  "..the first stand-alone comprehensive climate change legislation in West Africa and among few both globally and regionally, which has the potential to become a strategic tool for climate change advocacy and a legal foundation for potential climate mitigation in Nigeria"


Orderpaper Nigeria, sponsors of the MVP Hall of Fame project is Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary think-tank and policy multi-platform.


In an interview, Oke Epia described the MVP Hall of Fame project thus: "We are, for the first time in the history of this country, and I dare say across the continent of Africa, instituting a framework that will allow for only the best of the best members of the National Assembly in terms of excellence-driven performance, being public-spirited, deliver services, impacts on the lives and living conditions of Nigerians and also seek to improve the socio-economic indices of the country.

" We decided to design the Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame (MVP), celebrate those lawmakers, and induct them into a Hall of Fame"