Effiong Dickson Bob
Senate career
### Senate career

Bob was elected Senator for the Akwa Ibom North East constituency in April 2003 on the PDP platform, and was reelected in April 2007\. After taking his seat in the Senate in June 2007, Bob was appointed, at various times over his double tenure, as chairman to committees on Senate Services, Finance, Culture and Tourism, Power and Steel, and Local and Foreign Debts. He also served as chairman, Ad hoc Committee on Investigating illegal Withdrawals From the Excess Crude Fund Without Authorization from the National Assembly. He also was a member of the delegation that witnessed the signing of the final exit of the Paris Club Debt in Paris, France. Other committees he served on as member included: Committees on Appropriations, [Air Force](/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force "Nigerian Air Force"), Communications, Education, Privatization, Establishment and Public Services, Foreign Affairs, Christians Pilgrims Committee, and Committee on Information.

During his tenure as Senator he also served as Member representing Nigeria in the [ECOWAS](/wiki/ECOWAS "ECOWAS") Parliament. He also was the Chairman of the National Assembly Caucus, Akwa Ibom State comprising all the Senators and House of Representative Members from the State. He was a member of the South South Caucus in the Senate and a Member of the South Senators Forum.

In a mid\-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, a national daily newspaper, *[ThisDay](/wiki/ThisDay "ThisDay")*, noted that Bob had sponsored bills on amendment to the Energy Commission Act, Public Officers (Review of Cases) Panel, Fire Service (Inspection on Building), an Act to Prohibit Trading in Federal Highways in Nigeria and an Act to Prohibit Touting in Public Places.


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