[1] He was one of the key sponsors of Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill which was passed on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, 25 May 2017, sixteen years after its introduction to the National Assembly.
He made useful contributions through his Committee on Downstream Petroleum, especially on the issues of fuel subsidy removal and the entire deregulation agenda.
He sponsored motions to scrap FERMA and create a Federal Highway Authority instead, and to stop universities from conducting post-JAMB examinations.
[2] In February 2010 three gunmen abducted his mother, Florentina Paulker, from her home in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
[4] In September 2015,Senator Paulker Emmanuel, sought to contest the 2015 Bayelsa state gubernatorial elections but was disqualified under controversial circumstances.