Awaji-Inombek Abiante

Awaji-Inombek Dagomie Abiante (born 16 June 1967) is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Andoni/ Opobo–Nkoro federal constituency in Rivers State. He was first elected in 2015, regained his mandate after a court ruling, and was re-elected in 2019 and 2023 under Peoples Democratic Party Nigeria (PDP). He has sponsored bills and motions on constitutional reform, fiscal federalism, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and national security. Quotes I see it as a call to greater service. Whatever it is that I have been able to do that gave me this recognition, it is just to tell me that you need to do it over and over again. You need to do it a lot better than you have done before. If it’s for the people, then you just have to raise the bar and ensure that you give your best. Service is about giving out to the people. Dagomie interview response to how he feel being honored today by Independent Newspapers as a distin­guished parliamentarian Yes, we have had the opportunity of sending my predecessors to the House of Representatives and they have done very well in their own right. Face with same challeng­es, they have done well! It came a time when my people searched, looking for someone who will be able despite all odds, get back that glory that we were known for. It is that quest for representation, that quest for service that compelled me to let go all to serve the people. It was not an easy decision. And I am convinced in my heart that I am doing exactly that which my people would want me to do. Dagomie interview response to why he left his promising career at NIMASA and joined politics My ambition is to serve my peo­ple and that is all. 2023 is just a few days away and I won’t have a plan; whatsoever plan my people have for our collective survival, that is the plan I will key into. Dagomie interiew response to his future political Governor Wike is an embodiment of all that you and I would desire. He speaks truth to power, he stands for justice, he stands for equity, he talks about accommodation, he goes for what is right and he goes for what is legal. Do you remember the VAT issue? it is in court. Because he felt it is legal. You remember the issue of the invasion of Justice Mary Odi­li’s House, he felt that justice needs to be done, that is why he is talking about it. Within the state itself, he is delivering, he is renewing almost everything that has to do with the state. Dagomie interview response on how will he rate the performance of his state governor, Nyesom Wike I have been speaking about the state of insecurity in this country; I started by telling us that, the worst form of insecurity that we would ever face as a nation would be food insecurity; and it is staring us in the face. Most of Nigerians go to bed hungry as we speak. I also re­minded the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari that, they promised Nigerians that they would sleep with their two eyes closed. Nigerians are not getting what they should get because of widespread insecurity in the country. Even here in Abuja, lecturers are being kidnapped, stu­dents are being kidnapped and the count is still going on. Maybe, I will just join others to plead with the ex­ecutive Arm of this government to wake up and do what is right. Dagomie interview response on how he would assess the state of inse­curity ravaging the country I was elected into the 8th Assembly of the House of Representatives in 2015, but before we could gather momentum, my election was annulled by the Court of Appeal. I thank God that my people stood by me throughout my travail. So my people were denied of representation for a whole one year. I have never seen a charade in the name of election like that before. We got back in December, 2016 after my mandate was restored, but we had to tag along. But in 2019 my mandate was fully restored and we got back to work. Dagomie interview response to the question 'How long have you been in the House? Even before I contested election into the House of Representatives I already knew where I was going and what the environment would look like. So barely eight weeks of my assumption of office at the House of Representatives as a lawmaker, I had started addressing the House about the problems of my people. For the first time, Nigerians have understood who we are and our peculiarity. It was through my efforts that for the very first time the budget of oil producing states was reviewed from 1.5% to 8%. It has never happened before. We are hopeful that it will improve. Dagomie interview response to how he have been coping up as a lawmaker My achievements are numerous, ranging from education, power, skills acquisition, sports and what have you. We also worked on education no matter how small. We are going to inaugurate some of our achievements on 26/12/2020. How I wish this interview had come after the inauguration. We also attracted water project to be powered through diesel generator. The water has been installed and is running. We equally attracted solar power project across my constituency. We have commenced linking my constituency to national grid . There is also water intervention traversing the Andoni Communities. We also understand that the world is driven by Information Communication Technology(ICT), so we have inaugurated ICT Centres in Andoni, Opobo and Nkoro and they are running till date. Dagomie interview response to his achievements so far My message to Andoni people is that they should not despair. Let them be patient. Today people now know where and who Andonis are unlike before. So we are making progress. For Nigerians, we need a rebirth, by that I mean everybody should do the right thing. Dagomie interview response to the question 'What is your message to your constituents and Nigerians at large? External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1967 births Category:Living people