By Eze Adiuku
A fresh argument has entered the race for Ahiazu Mbaise/Ezinihitte, and it is a simple one: a seat in the House of Representatives is not a miracle. A legislator makes laws, represents his people, scrutinises the budget and pushes agencies to deliver. Judged by that yardstick, supporters of Rt. Hon. Emeka Chinedu say his record speaks for itself.
He has legislated, not just promised. Chinedu sponsored the bill for a Federal Institute of Technical Education and Skills Acquisition in Mbaise, aimed at the skills gap and youth unemployment. Chinedu insisted that the popular, old Ahiara Technical College (ATC), the area’s only technical institution, has long been in disrepair. That is a federal presence for Mbaise, pursued through the proper channel.
He is pushing for accountability in public spending. His bill to set up an independent project monitoring agency passed second reading in July 2025, targeting abandoned and poorly executed federal projects by ending the habit of agencies monitoring their own work. He also sponsored a bill for a South-East erosion control commission, which passed first reading. These speak to problems families across the zone face.
Chinedu sits where influence is built.
He is the Chairman of the House Special Committee on Utilization of Take-Off Funds. He is also Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on the Federal Capital Territory and is serving his second term after winning again in 2023. Seniority and committee roles, as the rival article itself concedes, decide how much a member can deliver. Starting over would mean giving that up.
His work reaches the ward level. Reports credit him with executing projects in all 24 wards of the constituency, and in 2025 he empowered over 150 constituents with business tools and N200,000 cash grants each, starting in his home ward. Supporters add the solar streetlights and boreholes cited in the article you shared.
The honest case is the realistic one. Chinedu’s backers argue that he has never sold himself as a one-man government. His record is built on what a legislator can actually do, and in a race full of grand promises, that restraint is a strength.
