A group, Abia North Stakeholders has urged Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa and all those aspiring to represent the people of Abia North Senatorial district in 2023 to bury their ambition, saying no vacancy exists at the district.
The group is made up of traditional rulers, youth groups, professionals, academics, prominent members of the political class, and top businessmen who hail from the district.
The group says it is working towards ensuring the re-election of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to continue the good job he is doing at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly.
The leader of the group, Dr Kalu Ncheghe in a statement on Wednesday said that indices showed that the incumbent Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu has performed far better than other senators from the state.
“The group believes that Kalu’s performance as the senator representing Abia North senatorial district is the best in the history of Abia State and Nigeria at large,” Ncheghe said.
The group appealed to the people of Abia North Senatorial District to continue to support the Chief Whip of the Senate, noting that Kalu was ready to do more for the district.
Ncheghe said, “Orji Kalu’s performance as a Senator is the best in the history of Abia State and Nigeria at large. We are bi-partisan. Our interest is the development of Abia North senatorial district.
“We need to encourage and support his aspiration in 2023. If Nigerians don’t anoint him as the APC Presidential candidate we will love to see him in the red chambers again. What he has done as a Senator is unprecedented. The building of roads, schools, and distribution of educational materials is the first of its kind in Abia North senatorial district.
“The bills, motions, and infrastructural development is the best we have seen since 1999.
“We should not joke with our best at this critical time. We need more development in Abia North. Therefore, I am appealing to all to continue to trust Senator Orji Uzor Kalu even beyond 2023 for more development.
“We are ready to refund money to all the senatorial aspirants from Abia North senatorial district. Kalu is the consensus of all including our traditional rulers,” the statement said.
