Lee Maeba

Lee Ledogo Maeba
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
In office
May 2003 – May 2011
Preceded byMagnus Ngei Abe
ConstituencyRivers State South East
Personal details
BornFebruary 1966 (age 60)
luwa- ogoni- rivers state
PartyPeople's Democratic Party (PDP)
SpouseMrs Aya Maeba
Children4 children
OccupationPolitician

Lee Ledogo Maeba is a Nigerian politician who was elected senator for the Rivers State South East constituency on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform in April 2003, at age 37, and was reelected in April 2007.[1] As of 15 March 2004, Maeba was a member of the Pan-African Parliament.[2]

Maeba was born in February 1966. He obtained a BSc Degree in Technology from University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. Before becoming a senator he was a justice of the peace and a state party vice chairman.[1] He is married to Mrs. Aya Maeba, who also is from a family of politicians. In a May 2009 survey of senatorial performance in the 6th National Assembly, ThisDay noted that he had sponsored several bills related to oil exploitation, and gave him an "average" rating.[3]


Early life and education

Lee Ledogo Maeba was born in February 1966 in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. He is from the Ogoni ethnic nationality.

He studied Petrochemical Engineering at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree.[4][5]


Public and political career

Lee Ledogo Maeba is a Nigerian politician and engineer from Rivers State. Before entering the National Assembly, he served as a Justice of the Peace and as Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State.

Maeba was elected to the Nigerian Senate in 2003 to represent the Rivers South-East Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was re-elected in 2007 and served in the Senate until 2011.

During his time in the Senate, he chaired the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and participated in legislative activities relating to Nigeria's oil and gas sector. He was also a member of the Pan-African Parliament.

After leaving the Senate, Maeba remained active in Nigerian politics and continued to participate in political discussions in Rivers State and nationally.[6][7][8][9][10]


Legislative activities

During his tenure in the Nigerian Senate, Lee Ledogo Maeba participated in legislative activities relating to Nigeria's petroleum sector. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), where he contributed to discussions on the Petroleum Industry Bill and other matters concerning the oil and gas industry.

Maeba sponsored the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Bill, which was enacted as the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act in 2010.[11][12][13]


Community activities

During and after his tenure in the Senate, Lee Ledogo Maeba was associated with community-based initiatives in Rivers State, particularly in Ogoniland.

Through the Senator Lee Maeba Foundation, he supported health outreach programmes, including medical screening and treatment activities in parts of Rivers State. In 2014, the foundation, in collaboration with the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and the Diabetes Association of Nigeria, organised diabetes and blood pressure screening and treatment programmes for residents in Ogoni communities.[14][15]


Personal life

Lee Ledogo Maeba is married to Mrs Aya Maeba.[16]


References

  1. 1 2 "Sen. Lee Meaba". Nigerian Senate. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "List of Members of the Pan-African Parliament" (PDF). African Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "An Improved Senate, But Some Uninspiring Senators..." ThisDay. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Adetayo, Olalekan (22 September 2021). "Rescue Nigeria Project isn't about forming new political party -Former senator Maeba". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Lee Maeba". Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Akinsuyi, Temidayo (13 September 2017). "Nigeria Now In Economic Depression – Lee Maeba". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ eribake, akintayo (10 October 2014). "We 'll change the one-city status of Rivers –Maeba". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Adetayo, Olalekan (22 September 2021). "Rescue Nigeria Project isn't about forming new political party -Former senator Maeba". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Nation, The (27 April 2022). "Wike and politics of succession in Rivers PDP". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Call Amaechi to Order, Maeba Urges Buhari". This Day. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  11. ↑ joseph (1 May 2010). "Nigerian Senate promises investors equitable fiscal terms". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Jonathan: Nigeria Oil Industry Content Act Was Passed When National Assembly Was Vibrant". This Day. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  13. ↑ vanguard (26 April 2010). "Local Content Bill: Expatriates dominance in oil and gas industry is over, Sen. Maeba". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  14. ↑ eribake, akintayo (10 October 2014). "We 'll change the one-city status of Rivers –Maeba". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Nation, The (20 November 2014). "2,500 cases of diabetes, others found in Ogoni". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  16. ↑ Adetayo, Olalekan (22 September 2021). "Rescue Nigeria Project isn't about forming new political party -Former senator Maeba". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
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