RT. HON. (BARR.) ONOFIOK LUKE - MEMBER, ETINAN FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY
Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Onofiok Luke is the former Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and presently Member representing Etinan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. He is a foremost youth leader, and a social equality advocate. His leadership interests are chiefly in education and economic empowerment of women and youths for sustainable development.
As a two-term member of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly, he has served variously as Chairman of the assembly’s committee on Appropriation and Finance, committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, committee on Judiciary, Justice, Human Rights, and Public Petitions, among others. For three years, he led deliberations on state budget proposals, oversaw the activities of the state’s ministry of finance, probed the fiscal conduct of government, and led the review of the conduct of the State Budget Office.
He spearheaded the introduction of the practice of participatory budgeting in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 2012, an effort to ensure a more transparent and people-centred budgeting process in the state. As Chairman of the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee of the House, Hon. Luke worked with farmers in Akwa Ibom to initiate laws to give legal backing to sustainable initiatives on farm produce preservation and storage.
Prior to his election to the state legislature in 2011, he served as Personal Assistant to the Governor of Akwa Ibom state on Protocol Matters. He was later elected the pioneer Speaker of the Nigeria Youth Parliament, a national leadership and mentoring platform coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Youths and the National Assembly. In his capacity as Speaker of the youth parliament, he led a team of Nigerian youths to initiate the call for the adoption and execution of the National Youth Employment Action Plan (NAYEAP).
Upon winning election to return to the House for a second term, he was nominated as Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, justice, Human Rights and Public Petitions. His responsibility as head of the committee was primarily the screening of nominees for high level government appointments. He later served as Chairman of the House’ committee on Education before he was elected as the 11th Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
Onofiok Luke has represented Nigeria at several youth development fora locally and at continental level. He represented Nigeria at the World Youth Conference in Mexico, 2010. In 2014, he was one of the African youths selected across the continent to come up with a draft resolution towards ending violence on the continent by the year 2020. He also served in the Nigeria Vision 20:2020 Special Interest Group.
Onofiok runs two schemes to empower youths and women as part of his constituency development projects. They are the Constituency Transport Scheme (CTS) and the Seed Capital for Business Start-up (SCBS). The schemes have in the last four years economically empowered hundreds of households across Nsit Ubium state constituency which he represents in the House. He is also the founder of The Onofiok Luke Legislative Internship Programme (TOLLIP), Nigeria’s only stipendiary internship programme designed to train youths on legislative basics, entrepreneurship, community development and volunteerism, as well as conflict resolution.
Onofiok holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Uyo and is a graduate of the Nigerian Law School. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Executive Education programme. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and a 2010 associate fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI).
He is passionate about Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), rights advocacy, and writing.
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#CelebratingExcellence
#UnityIsStrength
#DivisionIsWeakness
Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Onofiok Luke is the former Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly and presently Member representing Etinan Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. He is a foremost youth leader, and a social equality advocate. His leadership interests are chiefly in education and economic empowerment of women and youths for sustainable development.
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| Rt. Hon. (Barr.) Onofiok Luke - Member representing Etinan Federal Constituency |
As a two-term member of the Akwa Ibom state House of Assembly, he has served variously as Chairman of the assembly’s committee on Appropriation and Finance, committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, committee on Judiciary, Justice, Human Rights, and Public Petitions, among others. For three years, he led deliberations on state budget proposals, oversaw the activities of the state’s ministry of finance, probed the fiscal conduct of government, and led the review of the conduct of the State Budget Office.
He spearheaded the introduction of the practice of participatory budgeting in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly in 2012, an effort to ensure a more transparent and people-centred budgeting process in the state. As Chairman of the Agriculture and Natural Resources committee of the House, Hon. Luke worked with farmers in Akwa Ibom to initiate laws to give legal backing to sustainable initiatives on farm produce preservation and storage.
Prior to his election to the state legislature in 2011, he served as Personal Assistant to the Governor of Akwa Ibom state on Protocol Matters. He was later elected the pioneer Speaker of the Nigeria Youth Parliament, a national leadership and mentoring platform coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Youths and the National Assembly. In his capacity as Speaker of the youth parliament, he led a team of Nigerian youths to initiate the call for the adoption and execution of the National Youth Employment Action Plan (NAYEAP).
Upon winning election to return to the House for a second term, he was nominated as Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, justice, Human Rights and Public Petitions. His responsibility as head of the committee was primarily the screening of nominees for high level government appointments. He later served as Chairman of the House’ committee on Education before he was elected as the 11th Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly.
Onofiok Luke has represented Nigeria at several youth development fora locally and at continental level. He represented Nigeria at the World Youth Conference in Mexico, 2010. In 2014, he was one of the African youths selected across the continent to come up with a draft resolution towards ending violence on the continent by the year 2020. He also served in the Nigeria Vision 20:2020 Special Interest Group.
Onofiok runs two schemes to empower youths and women as part of his constituency development projects. They are the Constituency Transport Scheme (CTS) and the Seed Capital for Business Start-up (SCBS). The schemes have in the last four years economically empowered hundreds of households across Nsit Ubium state constituency which he represents in the House. He is also the founder of The Onofiok Luke Legislative Internship Programme (TOLLIP), Nigeria’s only stipendiary internship programme designed to train youths on legislative basics, entrepreneurship, community development and volunteerism, as well as conflict resolution.
Onofiok holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Uyo and is a graduate of the Nigerian Law School. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Executive Education programme. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and a 2010 associate fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI).
He is passionate about Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), rights advocacy, and writing.
#IBOM100
#CelebratingExcellence
#UnityIsStrength
#DivisionIsWeakness
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