Clifford Ordia

Clifford Ordia (born 19 May 1960) is a Nigerian engineer and politician who hails from Irrua in Esan Central local government area of Edo State. He is currently a senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate and he is a member of the People's Democratic Party, PDP.[1][2]

Clifford Ordia
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Edo Central Senatorial District
Assumed office
June 2015
Preceded byOdion Ugbesia
Personal details
Born19 May 1960
NationalityNigerian
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party, (PDP)
ProfessionCivil Engineer

Life

Ordia was born on 19th May, 1960 in Edo State, He is an engineer by profession having obtained a Bsc in civil Engineering from Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma in 1986 and also attended an Executive programme at the Lagos Business School. He was once the Chairman Board of Directors Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority in 2012. He is married to an Ewu woman, from the family of late Pa. Igberase. They have children.

Senate career

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.[3] In September 2016, Ordia raised a security alarm that APC sponsored thugs had attacked PDP leaders and their supporters in Opoji driving them out of their homes blaming the police for doing nothing to protect the people in spite of early reports of the attack.[4] In the build up to 2016 Edo State gubernatorial election, Ordia warned that the opposition PDP would resist all the rigging plans of the APC to win the election by manipulation.[5]

Ordia was re-elected to a second term in the Senate in 2019.[6] 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.[7][8]

Fellowship

Fellow Nigerian Society of Engineers

Fellow Nigerian Institute of Highway and Transportation Engineers (NIHTE)

Senior Fellow IPMA

Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International

References
  1. editor (2019-12-23). "Senator Ordia commends Obaseki's developmental stride in Edo". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-06-03.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "Present condition of our prisons 'A National Embarrassment' – Sen. Clifford Ordia". Vanguard. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. "APC cannot remove Saraki, Ekweremadu – Senator - Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. Published. "PDP senator raises security concern". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. "PDP will resist rigging, senator warns". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. "Sen. Clifford Ordia receives Certificate of Return, promises quality representation". Independent Television/Radio. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. "Senate minority leader: Edo PDP leaders vow to resist swap of Ordia for Yau". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. "NINTH SENATE: Crack in PDP Senate caucus widens over minority posts". Vanguard News. 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-03.


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