Matthew Mbu Junior

Matthew Tawo Mbu Junior
Senator for Cross River Central
In office 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2003
Succeeded by	Victor Ndoma Egbe
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Born	Cross River State, Nigeria

Matthew Tawo Mbu Junior was elected Senator for the Cross River Central constituency of Cross River State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.^[1]

Mbu's father, also Matthew Tawo Mbu,is a Nigerian lawyer, politician, diplomat, and a permanent fixture in Nigerian political affairs for more than fifty years.^[2] After taking his seat in the Senate, Mbu Junior was appointed to committees on Security & Intelligence (chairman), Foreign Affairs, Defense, Women Affairs and Privatization.^[3] An October 2002 survey of the performance of senators noted that in the first three years of the current Assembly, he had presented five bills.^[4]

After Mbu had left the Senate, in November 2003 his house in Abuja was slated for demolition. However, the demolition team was stopped from pulling down his and neighboring houses when it was found that one of them was owned by a powerful businessman.^[5] In a February 2010 interview with the Vanguard, Mbu called on the National Assembly and state governors to force the Federal Executive Council to declare the ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua incapacitated so Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan could assume his duties.^[6]

References

1. ^ "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 20 FEBRUARY AND 7 MARCH 1999". Psephos. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nigeria/nigerialeg2.txt. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
2. ^ "AMB. DR M T MBU (CFR) - Chairman". Alex Ekwueme Foundation. http://www.alexekwueme.org/chairman/. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
3. ^ "Congressional Committees". Nigeria Congress. http://www.nigeriacongress.org/assembly/committees1.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
4. ^ Ben Agande, Rotimi Ajayi, Habib Yakoob, (October 30, 2002). "National Assembly records 24 dead senators". BNW News. http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/coverstories/2002/oct/3001.html. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
5. ^ Emmanuel Aziken (November 25, 2003). "Anyim, Mbu's houses for demolition". BNW News. http://news.biafranigeriaworld.com/archive/2003/nov/25/011.html. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 
6. ^ Ben Agande (15 February 2010). "Declare Yar'Adua Incapacitated, Mbu Tells National Assembly, Governors". Vanguard. http://allafrica.com/stories/201002150053.html. Retrieved 2010-06-18. 

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Name	Mbu, Matthew Junior
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Place of birth	Cross River State, Nigeria
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