Ugbor Terseer

Terseer Ugbor (born 20 May 1981) is the current member, House of Representatives for Kwande/Ushongo Federal Constituency of Benue State. He is Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Environment and also the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Students Loans in Nigeria. He is also a Member of the House Standing committees on Aviation, Petroleum Midstream, Ecological Funds, Public Procurement, Steel Development, Public Service Matters and Poverty Alleviation.

As a Member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ugbor is an advocate for improved funding to support Climate Change mitigation and adaptation efforts in his constituency (Kwande/Ushongo) and Nigeria at large. He seeks to implement environmentally impactful projects in clean technologies that help in energy transition for rural communities and protects our environment from pollution and degradation.

Hon. Terseer Ugbor chaired the Legislative Summit on Students Loans in Nigeria and proposed extensive amendments to the Students Loans Act passed by the 9th House of Representatives and passed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Hon. Terseer Ugbor was born in Lagos Nigeria, on 20 May 1981 to Air Commodore Stephen Ugbor (Rtd.) and Barrister (Mrs) Cecilia Ugbor, a lawyer and banker. He hails from Kwande Local Government of Benue State and is the first of 6 siblings.

He attended Airforce Primary School Ikeja Lagos, Airforce Military School Jos Plateau State, and The University of Abuja where he studied Sociology and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in 2004. Hon. Terseer Ugbor proceeded for his Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Benue State University.

Before public service, Terseer Ugbor was a Value-for-Money Administrator, National Standards Expert for solar PV modules, batteries and charge controllers, expert in battery and e-waste recycling, and a sustainability consultant with 17 years of practical working experience.

He has specific interests in Sustainable Development and Circular Economy. Terseer Ugbor was the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Alliance for Responsible Battery Recycling (ARBR), the approved Producer Responsibility Organisation for the battery sector in Nigeria. He is the founder/CEO of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of Nigeria (REDIN) and REDIN Global Industries.

Over the past 10 years, Terseer Ugbor has become an authority in environmental sustainability strategy and planning, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs, and waste recycling policies for regulators and private organizations in Nigeria.

He publishes the Living Environment Magazine, a niche publication promoting environmental sustainability, ecosystems, recycling, and pollution issues in Africa. He has presented papers and spoken at over 40 seminars, workshops, and conferences in Nigeria, Africa, and designed and participated in over 50 public policy and implementation projects for organizations like the Federal Ministry of Environment, NESREA, SON, NADDC, REA, GIZ, Heinrich Boll Stiftung, BCCC-Africa, and REAN.