In today Nigeria’s political history, every era has produced its stars and villains. The present regime, a period of a new political renaissance is daily producing its own political personages.

In the first Republic, we had the Azikiwes, Okparas, Osadebeys, The Ikokus, Mbakwes only to mention but a few who represented the IGBOS’s interest. These people either by deeds or misdeeds, left remarkable footprints on the canvas of Nigeria’s history, South Eastern states of IGBO extraction. As always political actors on the stages of life who fret and strut their hours upon the stage only to be remembered by their roles. Today, in the whole of south Eastern Nigeria of Igbo extraction, in the present era of political re-engineering, a personality is bestriding the entire eastern region’s political landscape like a colossus.

The former governor of Abia state, astute business magnet, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (MON) has transformed into economic and political legend in today IGBO-LAND. Kalu has emerged as a factor and a concept and has become the recurring decimal that must be resolved for the equation to the speedy progress and transparent representation of Ndigbo in all ramifications. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (MON) has ever remained the voice for the voiceless and has been able to make one thing clear, and that is to be relevant with the government in power. He has been persistent in tinkering possible ways of battling the economic recession that is experienced in the country. Kalu is a personality that commands respect, love and most often denies himself a lot to put smile on faces of the people. Even before he dared the murky waters of politics. One thing that stands OUK taller in the crowd is his antecedents that is characterized with humanistic – tendencies. The man, OUK is a true Igbo leader any day, anywhere, anytime, he will either swim and sink for every Igbo cause and to crown it all, he is tested and trusted, even the entire Ndigbo seem to be familiar and comfortable with him right from his background.

Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (MON) the big thinker, the master strategist and also the former action Governor of Abia state, south eastern Nigeria in 1999 delivered the region to the favour of OBJ. He will do it again in Buhari’s government.

Kalu, as a reference point in Nigeria’s political discourse has made indelible marks in Nigerian politics and has moderated all topical issues with unassailable logic and candour.

The Igbere-born political giant knows what it takes to be less-privileged. As a philanthropist, he has extended his generosity to the poor, the down-trodden, the less-privileged through many avenues including scholarship. For his numerous services to Abia state as a governor, the former head of state, President Obasanjo dubbed him action governor.

OUK, in All Progressive Congress, is with the belief that the economic situation in Nigeria, as bad as it is now, would be a huge economic blessing for the country; every situation creates an opportunity, the present economic recession in the country is not an exception; hence, Kalu’s membership of APC with a view of working in support to the government of the day. With these dancing feet from OUK, the end of marginalization of the south eastern Nigeria will become a mirage.

What Kalu’s romance with APC would help us to establish is that we get to know our friends when we are in need of infrastructures and other democratic dividends due us as a people of south eastern Nigeria. For Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (MON) to join APC, it is a welcome development for us as a people.

Prince Kalu Okpo
(PMW)

All these paid writers should go to hell. They are now on a futile effort to rebrand that devil called Kalu to now appear as a Messiah, same way they rebranded the dictator in Buhari who has collapsed our economy with no visible economic blueprint to take us out of it.

If Kalu could do nothing for little Abia state, he will do less for Igbo nation and Nigerian country. Kalu is a failure and has no need to be in same sentence as Azikiwe and Okpara.

@OP I know you have been payed to sell him to us, but history still has it's records of the facts that the bad governance of T A Orji was a precedence of Orji Uzo Kalu. Let me tell you what 99.1% of the Igbos thinks right now, even if my father is appointed to replace Buhari today as Nigeria's president, I will maintain my grounds>>> BIAFRA.

A welcome development.

Anything that will bring development to the region is allowed.

But this time they have to account to the people of SE directly as anything that will breach the trust will be corrosive.

As for biafrans like I am, you can't throw away the bathwater alongside the baby.

Is possible that we can allign to the center and still maintain our stand and protect our region from political leeches like okorocha with our regional politics.

In all, it is a welcome development, I am optimistic.

Meanwhile APGA remains our regional party.