Orji Uzor Kalu: In the Purview of Political Travails in Nation Building


By Bernard Ogbe


Loved by many in the face of his achievements as a political father, Senator Orji Uzor kalu can be described as a man who is fulfilling within his political purviews amidst his political travails.

An intercontinental achiever, bedrock of economic infrastructures and the redefinition of magnificence of thoughts, engineered by constructive and ideological usefulness of our economic endowments: Brilliancy is a watch word in quantifying Orji Kalu’s ebullience in his political, human, social and economic creativeness.

Words are not enough to attribute nor quantify the countenance exhibited by this man of the people, the Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, whom have shown much commitments in his political engagements, ensuring good democratic dividends to the people under his watch.

The gainful saying that “to whom much is given, much is expected”, has come to roast; thus, with the achievements and commitments of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over the years the people’s mandates was vested on him. A shouldered burden he chested and chastised into fruitfulness of a working capacity, in Abia north district of the Federal republic of Nigeria.

Significant of Orji Uzor Kalu is the build-up of wholesome human capacity. Knowing that the political workforce, as cumbersome it were, was not just for one man to achieve. He had in these years raised human capacities needed in the forefront of the nation’s workspaces for the delivery of good governance.

The list are endless to mention but a few; Though many were called to serve, it is a thing of pride to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu that the very few on the chosen list as reflected in the history of building Abia North, Abia State, as well as tackling the challenges of our nation Nigeria can viably be traced to him. Suffix to say; a touch of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, directly or indirectly as the case may be, have grazed the occasion of nation building, in all holistic political evaluations.

Who made who, is the tap-root! Just like Orji Uzor Kalu was groomed, in the hands of Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (GCFR), a Muslim Fulani and the former Head of States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the so much talked about Senator, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, have in return, replicated same by grooming / raising capable, countless numbers of people in various capacities to the services of the nation. Some have contributed graciously their quota to nation building, in emulation of Orji Uzor Kalu, while some have failed in their omissions of the purpose to which they were groomed / called to public services. However it is with their omissions, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu remains head-up and proud of those, flying high with the flags upon which they were groomed to serve the interest of the people in Abia north, while contributing also to nation building.

One among them is the proud son of Bende; the ebullient and proactive son of Abia north, who got to the corridors of power to serve! Proudly enough, he’s indeed not classified as a wasted groomed-up of the Most Distinguished Orji Kalu. Plus or minus whatever that is on your thoughts, the Deputy Speaker of the 10th National Assembly, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, who is towering high in the mission of what was made of him, a primary objective to serving the people, is doing well in his services of call. Yes; he’s doing what he knows best: The Master saw those qualities in him, Orji Kalu is fulfilled, Abia North is proud and Abia state is in the forefront of Nigeria’s leadership and he can not be erased from the political offsprings of Distinguish Senator Orji Uzor Kalu.

With the episcope of Distinguish Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Abia North is always on the timeline, be that as it relates the three district in Abia state or as regards the progressions in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abia North had not for once been left behind in the scope of political leadership trajectories, and the sustainability of such is for all stakeholders to join hands together in unity for better representation.