INTRODUCTION
Anthony O. Agbo was given the position of Senator for the Ebonyi North constituency in Nigeria’s Ebonyi State on May 29, 2007, after he was successfully elected to that position. The People’s Democratic Party is his political affiliation (PDP).
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EARLY LIFE/ EDUCATION
The year 1988 saw Agbo’s graduation from both Ebonyi State University and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he received his education.
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CAREER
He won a seat in the Enugu State House of Assembly elections (this was back in the days when Ebonyi state was founded from a portion of Enugu), and he was eventually given the position of Speaker. After that, he held the positions of Commissioner of Finance for the state of Ebonyi from 1999 to 2003 and Commissioner of Public Utilities for the state from 2003 to 2005. In addition to his work as a politician, Agbo is also a poet who has had his work published in a number of magazines and who supports the literary arts in Nigeria.
After being elected to the Senate in May 2007, Agbo was quickly named to many committees, including those dealing with the National Identity Card and Population, Housing, the Federal Capital Territory, and Drugs, Narcotics, and Anti-Corruption. In April of 2008, he was given the position of vice chairman of a committee that was charged with investigating Mallam Nasir el-management Rufai’s of the FCT.
In May 2009, during a mid-term appraisal of Senators, This Day pointed out that he had sponsored laws on the Nigerian Congressional Medal of Honor Award, the National Cooperative Society Federation, and the Nigerian Unified Filed Institute, and that he had sponsored or co-sponsored many motions. He participated actively in business conducted in both the plenary and committees.
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Agbo has been advocating for the creation of a Ministry that is specifically geared toward people with disabilities. In an interview in March 2009, he spoke about Nigeria in general and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja in particular. He said that the program to rebrand Nigeria would not work until the place was indeed an attractive place to visit, with good infrastructure, a clean environment, and security. This was in reference to Nigeria as a whole.