Orogbu Obiageli

Professor Lilian Obiageli Orogbu is a Nigerian academic and politician. She is one of only 17 women elected to the 10th National Assembly as a member representing Awka North/Awka South Federal Constituency, Anambra State, under the platform of Labour Party (LP).

Quotes

• Yes I sensed manipulations because we had an overwhelming victory, especially in Awka-South but the opposition party made all efforts to see that the votes that were cast by numerous supporters of the Labour Party were cancelled and the reason why it took so long to declare the results since Saturday the election ended and the results just came out this Monday evening of 27th February.
• Where things are done in an orderly way and where people accept defeat, these results should have actually been out but there seems to be some kind of distortion in the process by people who think they are in charge of the state.
  • Speaking on Election outcomes
• Nigeria is losing millions of dollars in revenue from false CSR claims by companies…this we want to stop with the introduction of the CSR bill.
• The Company Income Tax Act has a provision for expenses incurred in CSR. These donations, goodwill or infrastructural development they did in their communities, they claim it and at the end of the day, the tax they pay to the government is not actually the amount they are supposed to pay.
  • Speaking on false CSR claims
• The routes serve as horrendous channels for the influx of inadmissible aliens and goods. Nigeria at the moment lacks sufficient security personnel to safeguard the existing illegal routes across the borders.
  • Speaking on illegal routes in Nigeria