A former commissioner for Information and State Orientation in Ebonyi, Chief Abia Onyike, has said Igbo people still need the likes of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia North) in the Senate chambers.
Onyike, who was also a former deputy national president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abakaliki.
He said that Kalu, who was first elected into the senate in 2019, is a frontline politician with vast legislative experience and competence.
Onyike, who lauded Kalu’s achievements in the senate, noted that he was the kind of politician whom the Igbo people needed for a balancing act in Nigerian politics.
He said, “Orji Uzor Kalu does not go for populist rhetorics or empty sloganeering. He is very close to President Bola Tinubu.
“He was able to push through the legislation on the South-East Development Commission (SEDC), for which N500 billion was budgeted for infrastructural interventions.
“Kalu also played an important role in the attraction of the new Federal University to be sited at Item, in Abia; these are landmark achievements.’’
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