A first-term member of the House of Representatives, Prof. Obiageli Lilian Orogbu, has been nominated for the Legislator of the Year category at the 5th edition of the Anambra Man of the Year Awards (AMTY).

The nomination, announced by the organisers of the annual awards is in recognition of her legislative activities and constituency projects as a first-term legislstor.

Prof. Orogbu, who represents Awka North and South Federal Constituency on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has attracted several infrastructure and empowerment projects to communities in the constituency.

Her interventions include road construction projects in Awka, Amansea and Mgbakwu, installation of more than 500 solar-powered street lights across 19 communities, donation of a 500 KVA transformer to Ifite Isuaniocha community, as well as the construction of a borehole and police post in Isiagu.

In the education sector, she facilitated the renovation of classroom blocks in selected schools, paid JAMB fees for 170 indigent students and awarded scholarships to outstanding students.