Clifford Ordia

Sen. Engr. Clifford Akhimienmona Ordia a Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers and a serving Senator in the National Assembly, was born in, Usugbenu Irrua, Esan Central Local government area of Edo State on May 19, 1960. He began his education at St. Michael's primary school Usugbenu in 1967. By 1973, he moved higher and began his secondary education at Esan Grammar School Uromi, before proceeding to Bendel State University, Ekpoma, now Ambrose Alli University in 1982, to study Civil engineering as one of the pioneer undergraduates. He is married to an Ewu woman, from Esan Central local government area and they have five children.

Ordia was first elected to the Nigerian Senate in 2015 on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). In June 2015, Ordia opposed move by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to remove the President of the 8th Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. 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 (PDP) senator as deputy president of the Senate.[4] Ordia was re-elected to a second term in the Senate in 2019.[5] In June 2019, Ordia emerged Senate deputy minority whip in a shadow election conducted by the PDP to elect its minority principal officers in the Senate. However, days later speculation emerged that the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus was plotting to replace Ordia with Sahabi Yau.[6][7]

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Senator Clifford Ordia has constituency projects spread across all the Five local government areas in his Senatorial District (Edo Central) As a senator, he has not hidden his passion for the development of his people and his country since he assumed office.[14] Senator Clifford Ordia alone has facilitated more than 200 intervention projects across his Senatorial District. These projects include: construction blocks of classrooms, modern primary Health care centers, rural electrification and drilling of motorized boreholes in different communities. Senator Clifford Ordia also, facilitated graduate and non-graduate job opportunities for youths in his Senatorial District. The Senator has 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.[15] Senator Clifford Ordia has so far 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 (ISTH), donation of an ambulance to ISTH, construction of and furnishing of a two Bedroom Doctors Building in Usugbenu, 8 Transformers, over 500 poles of Solar Powered Street Lights.[16] The Senator, in the area of agriculture, has donated over 4000 bags of NPK fertilizers to farmers in his Senatorial District.[17] He also constructed a modern cassava processing factory for the speedy processing of cassava by Cassava farmers in Edo Central Senatorial District. The Senator donated 4 Tractors to Esan Central Farmers Association.

Fellow Nigerian Society of Engineers

Fellow Nigerian Institute of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE)

Senior Fellow IPMA

Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International

• Leadership Impact Award
• AAU Alumni Leadership Award
• Star Prize Award

• Senate Profile - National Assembly