Nairaland Forum

Knock ur head on the wall what is my business

Should we consider that as a response from orji or his sister?
Well 2007 Nigeria does not deserve a clueless leader.

Orji Uzor Kalu is a disaster.
He certainly does not have any good ideas about how to govern a state not to talk of a nation.
His english is bad, I also think that he is generally not good with words.
Buhari , Yar adua may not be very eloquent , but they are people of high integrity.
People like OUK think that governance is all about sharing national cake and federal allocation.
Governance for me is all about creating incentives and enabling environment for good ideas to thrive.
There are 1001 companies out there looking for where to invest huge funds and people like OUK are always ranting about little federal allocation.
If he can attract large investments by creating an investment heaven employing about 100,000 people directly and indirectly, earning a salary of about 100k per month, he can generate about N2.5billion monthly from PAYE tax only

For me, thats not my business its all about politics let them sort themselves out. Abeg let me move down to my interesting side (Forum Games)

SWING4REAL OUT OF THE ISSUE: If you tell me Kalu is not fit to rule Nigeria, it is understandable, and I agree with you, though he is not as bad as you think. He is still better than most of the Governors in Nigeria. But one thing to know is that wisdom and good leadership must be separated from education. What we need in Nigeria are not orators, rather people endowed with wisdom. A man with wisdom cannot loot, kill, or pervert justice. He must be interested in the suffering of other people. He must have the fear of God. All our past and present leaders in the national and state levels are guilty of all these. So, speaking good English cannot be a parameter of assessment on who is fit to rule Nigeria. Orators have messed up our economy in various arms of government. Leadership is a gift from God. The biblical Joseph became Governor in Egypt without education, yet he was the wisest of all. We have a lot of Josephs. Finally, English is a borrowed Language, a British cannot speak Igbo, Yoruba, or Hausa Language. You too may not speak French but that does not determine your ability to lead. Now to Swing - As u said “in the land of the blind the one eye man is always the leader”. With due respect – Go to Abia State, there are many JSS 3 students who are more eloquent and upbeat than you are. Environment where one grows contribute to the language he or she speaks. But it does not make anyone a good leader or even literate. Take it or you leave it.

The funny thing here is that most of us like the author are politically motivated.and i want you guys to know that what we need is not those good orators who have and know what to say and and at the end don't give the electorate what they deserve.he is an igbo man and we all know speaking good and correct English is not what Nigerians need.what Nigerians need is action,Orji Uzor Kalu is an action man.i sincerely believe that he can deliver thats if he is given the chance to become president.
I also want to add this as regards him not giving all the points or giving answers to all the questions thrown to him.it might just be stage fright,it could happen to any person sometimes.lets just be frank and face the fact.i love my country and i will vote for the best.if you love this country stop criticizing,if you think you are the best person to be the president go ahead and pick a ticket.and don't just sit and write rubbish about someone who is willing to run.

nkemkelly:

I also want to add this as regards him not giving all the points or giving answers to all the questions thrown to him.it might just be stage fright,it could happen to any person sometimes.

Please, don't mislead us, he could not even understand some of the questions, it is not about giving all the points or giving answers to all the questions. You cannot provide answers when you do not understand the questions.

Without proper communication life will be useless as one person may not understand the other.

There is no excuse for the way he ridiculed himself. As for the presidency, he has no business getting there so naturally I do not even believe he is running for the presidency to begin with.

This is not about being very good at english language, it is about communicating, the man simple had a very though time understanding the questions so what are we talking about.

Do you think those people that speak their native languages on international TVs using interpreters are silly or do you think they have not heard the word english before.

If you can speak english go ahead, if you can't learn to communicate in a language that you are comfortable with. No one forced him to speak english.

Is he not Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu?

He went through his academic career diligently and was at various times at Christ the King School, Aba for his primary education, Eziama High School, Aba; Government College, Umuahia; University of Maiduguri; Harvard University Graduate Business School (AMP 153) Boston, USA and Abia State University.

He holds a B.Sc. degree in Political Science of the Abia State University, Uturu, IEA Certificate by USAID, honorary doctorate degrees in Law by the University of Port Harcourt and Abia State University, Uturu, and City State University, Los Angeles, USA.
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Were the above academic qualifications bogus claims?

If Kalu cannot express himself in English, then he is the epitome of the tragedy of Nigerian education.
Garbage in, Garbage out (GIGO)

I have already addressed the issue of Kalu's presidential ambition on Nigeriansinamerica.com since 2005 and said if Kalu couldn't manage an ordinary state in Eastern Nigeria, how would he be able to manage the whole nation?

Nigeria is a comedy of errors.

My own is to chronicle these interesting times for the present and for posterity.

The comical the better for my books.

@NkemKelly

The funny thing here is that most of us like the author are politically motivated.and i want you guys to know that what we need is not those good orators who have and know what to say and and at the end don't give the electorate what they deserve.he is an igbo man and we all know speaking good and correct English is not what Nigerians need.what Nigerians need is action,Orji Uzor Kalu is an action man.i sincerely believe that he can deliver thats if he is given the chance to become president.
I also want to add this as regards him not giving all the points or giving answers to all the questions thrown to him.it might just be stage fright,it could happen to any person sometimes.lets just be frank and face the fact.i love my country and i will vote for the best.if you love this country stop criticizing,if you think you are the best person to be the president go ahead and pick a ticket.and don't just sit and write rubbish about someone who is willing to run.

Please list those "action items" that the action man has done for Abia these past 8 years. Tell us, what has he done in
Abia that sets him apart as a governor worthy of gunning for the presidential office? Most of the governors in Nigeria are mediocre at best, but even at that, Orji Kalu does not even stand out. Belief and reality are two different things - After 8
years, he is yet to prove himself as a worthy public officer that needs to be rewarded with a higher office.

Your comment makes me wonder if SOLUDO wont even make a better President than Buhari!
Funny enough, our "EXECUTIVES" are only good in LOOTING!

Soludo WON'T make as good a president as Buhari. Soludo is a good bureaucrat, he'll be lost in politics.

People like Utomi should be looking to work as bureaucrats, develop your ideas there and let folks that know how to navigate the waters do the navigation.

SWING4REAL OUT OF THE ISSUE: If you tell me Kalu is not fit to rule Nigeria, it is understandable, and I agree with you,

@ebos
Judging from what you wrote above you know the truth already.What are you saying then? A man with wisdom will NEVER fool himself as Orji Uzor Kalu did. I know the difference between being smart,intelligent and having wisdom.Your Friend Orji lack the three above.

This is not about speaking and having good english accent dude.Check the interview with Muhammadu Buhari on HardTalk i posted earlier and check out the difference. Muhammadu Buhari do not have an english accent but see how he answered Tim Sebastian questions which shows he is a SMART man.(I said SMART and not intelligent or wisdom) A man who claimed to be the governor of Abia state and still have the guts to say it is not his duty to clean up refuse in Abia State.What else are going to expect from him?

ebos, a man who cannot or always forget to clean his shoes is not responsible.(MY VIEW).If Orji cannot even keep his state clean then he is not fit to be the governor of Abia state.

I thought i was the only one that watched this interview. Thanks for bringing it to a wider audience. He came across like a complete .If you people are looking forward to seeing Buhari and Banbangida on Hardtalk, dream on, dream on my son. Every politician will run away from the BBC from now on. If only Nigerian journalist can do the work they were paid to do and not let ethnic sentiments get in their way, we won't have been so pleased at this interview.

despite his bad command of english, i still agree with him that if EFCC think he is corrupt, why dont they take him to court? why are they wasting time?

@robby,

You forgot the "immunity" that everyone of them is enjoying now? How can the EFCC take him to
court when they are under immunity from prosecution? If the EFCC arrests him today, what will
people say about them violating the immunity protection offered by the constitution to governors?

See - that goes to show you how "smart" this Kalu guy is. Not to worry though, he better plan his
escape fast because come May 29 or May 30, Ribadu will be waiting for him, he will be on his way to
court as he has been asking all along, but this time around, he won't be returning to the governor's
mansion at the end of day but to the EFCC's jail house!

ok why cant (efcc and obasanjo)get his people to impeach him since he is so bad? He is no different from any other governor

If the EFCC or Obasanjo was to do that, they will be a lot of protests, and rightfully so in a way.
Contrary to what many people may believe, it was the respective state house of assemblies that
set the wheels in motion for their impeachments - all they needed was a good cause.

Its safe to say that Orji Kalu has the entire Abia legislature in his pockets just as Chris Uba had full
control of Anambra's. It so bad that they even refer to Kalu's mother as "Her Excellency!" as she
is essentially the un-official governor of the state.

Bottom line, there is nothing the EFCC could do to a sitting governor, they can rave and rant but they
can't touch them until they are out of office.

Bottom line, there is nothing the EFCC could do to a sitting governor, they can rave and rant but they
can't touch them until they are out of office.

Bros!What of Alams,Dariye and Fayose?I think you've got to modify that.

same thing - EFCC never touched them until after the minute they were impeached.

Through strong arm tactics!

Which i really have nothin' against

Please does anyone still have a link to the interview granted by Orji kalu on Hardtalk? The one posted by Texazzpete does not work, anymore.

Try this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6362875.stm

The man must have paid someone to remove the interview from the whole www.
Can someone prove me wrong here.
Please!!!!

I thought so too, the video is now unavailable on google.

Well he can not pay anybody to remove it from BBC,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6362875.stm

Click on "watch" to view it.

McKren
Thanks a lot. I must be asking too much this time around, but do you by any chnace have the same video in windows media player version? My system has no Real Player and wouldn't allow me to download it (adminstration issues).

We dont need professors in english language and illitrates in development of the country. We need good leaders.People who can move the country forward. Good english should be of advantage and not a condition to be a president.

Kalu is a clown, with quality politicians like him running for Presidency, how could Naija possibly go wrong,

God save Nigeria.

Y2k:

We don't need professors in english language and illitrates in development of the country. We need good leaders.People who can move the country forward. Good english should be of advantage and not a condition to be a president.

Have you read anywhere on this thread where it was stated that good english is a condition to be a president.

All we maintain is that he should communicate in a language he is home and dry with and not necessarily embarassing himself and Nigeria.

Y2k:

We don't need professors in english language and illitrates in development of the country. We need good leaders.People who can move the country forward. Good english should be of advantage and not a condition to be a president.

If Orji is that a good leader why not go live in Abia he has been developing in the past 8years.