Speeches

PROTOCOLS: It is my rare honour and privilege to address this august gathering and it is with a heart full of praise to the Almighty that I am witnessing this event. This is the first Trade Fair and Sales Exhibition being organized by the Nsukka Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture and it is refreshing to observe the enthusiasm of businessmen, investors, medium and small scale entrepreneurs converge in their numbers to give the Fair a boost. The theme … Read More

STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES, SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI ON THE 2017 ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY, WHICH HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2017 Every December 9 is observed as the International Anti-Corruption Day since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) on 31st October, 2003. The theme for this year’s event is: United Against Corruption for Development, Peace and Security. The International Anti-Corruption Day is a time for political leaders, governments, legal bodies and … Read More

ADDRESS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES DURING THE ONE-DAY STRATEGIC RETREAT ON TRACKING THE PROGRESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BILLS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HOLDING AT THE BON HOTEL STRATTON ON TUESDAY 28TH NOVEMBER, 2017 PROTOCOL It gives me great pleasure to welcome the President of the Senate, His Excellency Dr. BukolaSaraki, other dignitaries, representatives of international Organisations, my Colleagues – Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members of the House of Representatives,to this Strategic Retreat on … Read More

REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, REPRESENTING ENUGU NORTH SENATORIAL DISRICT AND CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES DURING A COURTESY CALL TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ALONG WITH THE UZO-UWANI PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 AT 12 NOON. PROTOCOL: I wish to sincerely thank the Inspector General of Police for graciously acceding to our request for a courtesy call on him by me and the leadership of the Uzo-Uwani Professionals Association, being a registered NGO which … Read More

REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES AT THE 2016 END OF YEAR LECTURE SERIES OF THE ELITE CLUB INTERNATIONAL ON SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER, 2016 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA. THEME: THE LEGISLATURE AND THE ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE IN NIGERIA PROTOCOL: I thank the Elite ClubInternational, as association of erudite and well-informed intellectuals, for the invitation to share my thoughts on the Legislature and the Crusade Against Corruption in Nigeria. The choice of the … Read More

REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES AT THE NIGERIA INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM WORKSHOP FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF STAKEHOLDER MDAs ON TUESDAY 6THDECEMBER, 2016 AT THE SHERATON HOTEL, ABUJA.   PROTOCOL: This Inter-Ministerial Committee Workshop on AML/CFT is a welcome development as part of the efforts in inter-governmental collaboration to protect the global financial system against money-laundering and financing of … Read More

  GOODWILL MESSAGE I write to heartily identify with and register my support for the 2016 Trade Fair and Sales Exhibition being organised by the Nsukka Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture holding from 10 to 21st November, 2016. The theme of the Fair, Promoting SMEs and Agriculture for National Economic Recovery is timely. Giving the dwindling state of Nigeria’s economy and the need to look inwards for resources for its recovery, it is pertinent that we in Enugu … Read More

REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, CHAIRMAN SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMES DURING THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA, HOLDING AT THE NAF CONFERENCE CENTRE, OCTOBER 18, 2016. COURTESIES: The National Assembly Joint Committee on Anti-Corruption, comprising of the Committees in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, thought it expedient, given the series of happenings within the polity, to organise a Conference on the Role of the … Read More

OPENING REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI, CHAIRMAN, SENATE COMMITTEE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FINANCIAL CRIMESDURING THE CHINUA ACHEBE MEMORIAL LECTURE HOLDING AT THEPRINCESS ALEXANDRA AUDITORIUM, UNN, ON 24TH MAY, 2016. I sincerely thank the Management of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Nigeria for the honour of asking me to chair this Public Lecture dedicated to the memory of Professor Chinua Achebe, which, I understand, is a biennial event. To say that Achebe was a literary giant and an … Read More

SUBMISSION BY   SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI REPRESENTING ENUGU NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT TO THE JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE RECENT KILLING OF PEOPLE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN NIMBO COMMUNITY, UZO-UWANI LGA, ENUGU STATE My Lord the Chairman and other Members of this Distinguished Panel: INTRODUCTION 1.1    Enugu North Senatorial District is made up of six (6) Local Government Areas, viz: Igbo-Etiti, Igbo-Eze North, Igbo-Eze South, Nsukka, Udenu and Uzo-Uwani. It has 102 Electoral Wards and 152 Communities. The Senatorial … Read More