Former Gov. Orji Kalu of Abia State says it is more beneficial for the
\nSouth-East to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), in order to
\nbenefit from being in the mainstream national politics.<\/p>\n
Mr. Kalu said this during an interaction with journalists at his \u201cCamp
\nNeya\u201d country home at Igbere in Bende Local Government Area of the state.
\nHe said the victories recorded by APC in the Edo and Ondo general
\nelections proved that the APC had become acceptable to Nigerians.<\/p>\n
He, therefore, argued that the people of the South-East would benefit more
\nif they quit the opposition camp and stood with the decision makers in the
\nruling party.<\/p>\n
\u201cNdigbo should join APC to enable them to sit where other Nigerians are
\nseated to decide on how to move the nation forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe APC electoral victories in Edo and Ondo clearly showed the popularity
\nof the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, I did not make mistake in taking the Igbos into national politics,
\nwhere other Nigerians are seated; that is where I want the Igbos to sit.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, there is nothing wrong in our joining APC for us to be able to sit
\nwhere other Nigerians are seated. That is more important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said it was imperative for other prominent Igbo politicians to swell
\nthe number of people from the South-East region in APC.<\/p>\n
He identified other APC members of South-East extraction to include the
\nMinister of Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Labour and
\nEmployment, Chris Ngige, and Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, among others.
\nMr. Kalu commended President Muhammadu Buhari for fulfilling his promise
\nto resume work on federal roads in the South-East.<\/p>\n
During my visit to the president, he made a promise to me and other
\nleaders three months ago that all the contractors would be back to the
\nfederal roads before the end of November.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, if you go to every federal road in Eastern Nigeria, you will see
\nthat all the contractors are back fully and this is why I joined APC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t join the party on selfish basis; I joined because the president
\nmade a promise and I have seen that the contractors are back to site.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if they are back, why can\u2019t I believe him? He will do more,\u201d Mr. Kalu
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said his interest was for the South-East to have good roads, security
\nand opportunities to trade and achieve prosperity.<\/p>\n
On the current economic recession in the country, Mr. Kalu, who is also a
\nrenowned businessman, said: \u201cAll nations of the world are going through
\nrecession; Nigeria is not an exception.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am an international businessman; I am crying in all the countries I am
\ndoing business.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom one country to the other, the story is the same; so we are crying
\nthere as we are crying in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Kalu urged the president to pay attention to the economy as he had
\ndone to security.
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