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The President of Pan African Parliament (PAP), His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi has called on African countries to take immediate steps to ensure the ratification, domestication and implementation of The African Union Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; The African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration; and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption. Declaring open a two-day regional conference of PAP which took place at the Rivers State House of Assembly, Port Harcourt Nigeria on December 5 and 6, 2012, Hon Bethel Amadi who represents Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency in Nigeria’s House of Representatives, stressed that the ratification, domestication and implementation of the above treaties will help to ensure the enthronement of sustainable democracy in Africa, promote good governance and human rights, free movement of goods and services in the continent, as well as the re-integration of Af...

INNONEWS: AT LAST, BETHEL AMADI DRAGS FERMA TO REPAIR OWERRI... : The deplorable Owerri- Ekemele- Akabo- Okigwe Road which was a death trap is on the verge of massive repair courtesy of the prompt inte...

The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and Member representing Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, His Excellency Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi has been widely acknowledged as an outstanding Legislator whose superlative performance is recognized and appreciated even beyond the shores of Nigeria. A press release by Engr. Oluchukwu Ibekwe from the Office of Honourable Bethel Amadi described as baseless, a story which appeared in the Thursday September 13, 2012 edition of the Imo Trumpeta with the caption “Group Blasts Bethel Amadi over Non Performance” in which an unknown group which called itself Concerned Citizens of Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru for Good Governance made frivolous and baseless allegations against Hon. Bethel Amadi. Amongst the allegations are that Hon. Amadi is yet to make his mark in his constituency; that when the Honourable Member was “elected into the Pan African Parliament (PAP), the people had hoped that it would improve their...

The member representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency and President of Pan African Parliament, His Excellency Rt. Hon Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi on Tuesday November 20, 2012 inspected the road rehabilitation project of the damaged portions of the Owerri-Okigwe Highway. It would be recalled that on Thursday November 8, 2012 the House of Representatives passed a motion sponsored by Hon Bethel Amadi mandating FERMA and the Federal Ministry of Works to as a matter of urgency, repair the damaged portion of the Owerri-Okigwe Federal Highway. In moving the motion on the floor of the House of Representatives H.E. Hon. Bethel Amadi expressed concern that the deplorable state of this very important highway has been causing frequent road accidents, which has resulted in the loss of lives and properties. Following the inspection of the rehabilitation work, Hon Amadi stated that he was delighted that FERMA had heeded to his call on behalf of his constituents and the people of I...

Culled from Monday 12 - 15 November, 2012 edition of National Question back page.

On Saturday November 10, 2012, the Member representing Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and Chairman of the House Committee on National Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Bethel Amadi hosted a Public Forum on the review of the Constitution at the Mbaitoli Local Government Council Field. The event which was chaired by Chief Uche Mbah, began with an opening prayer by the Bishop Chuka Ekeman, retired Prelate of the AME Zion Church, Nigeria. In attendance were the member representing Mbaitoli State Constituency in the House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ndunagum, Chairman of Mbaitoli Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Peter Opara with other traditional rulers, Town Union Presidents and their executives, labour union leaders, representatives of the academic community, youth bodies and women organizations. The template by the House of representatives was adopted and voting on the key issues was done in seriatim as the Chairman of the public hearing, Ch...

PHOTO GALLERY: First Photo:   President of Pan African Parliament and Member Representing Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency, His Excellency Hon. Bethel Amadi with the President of Ghana. Second and Third Photos: H. E. Hon. Bethel Amadi with the recipients of the Second Phase of the Empowerment/ Poverty Alleviation Programme for Mbaitoli/ Ikeduru Federal Constituency. Fourth and Fifth Photographs: H. E. Hon. Bethel Amadi with Chief Emma Duru and Tony Abara both of whom were sponsored to China on a workshop for Small and Medium Scale Business Enterprise Development.   

The House of Representatives in its plenary session on Thursday November 8, 2012 adopted a motion sponsored by His Excellency Hon. Bethel N. Amadi, member representing Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency, calling on the Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to as a matter of urgency, commence immediate rehabilitation of the damaged portions of the Owerri – Okigwe Highway. Moving the motion on the floor of the House, Hon. Bethel N. Amadi observed that Owerri Okigwe Federal Highway is an ever busy highway which connects the capital city of Imo State, Owerri, to other parts of Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia State. Hon. Bethel Amadi noted that the Akabo Community portion of the Highway, especially, Ekemele Market junction of the Federal Highway has been badly damaged by erosion and heavy rainfall thereby creating big gullies on the road. Hon. Amadi further noted that despite his several letters of complaint and visits to Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), they...