Speaker Gbajabiamila Commends Rep Ben Kalu For Effective Performance In Media Committee

Speaker House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has lauded the Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu and members of the committee for effectively building the image of the Green Chamber through effective driving of the committee.

According to the Speaker, the leadership of the committee under Rep Ben Kalu, representing Bende federal constituency Abia state has continued to think outside the box and demonstrated capacity in a way never seen before in the House.

At the grand opening ceremony of a capacity building workshop for house of Representatives Committee members on Media and Public Affairs, the Speaker said, “I want to particularly commend the media committee of the 9th NASS, but let me use the chairman as a point of contact.

“He is a chairman who continues to think outside the box and who is taking this media committee to a towering height like never before in the national assembly.

“His capacity, his ability, his competence, his passion and that of the committee and the rest of the committee remains unparalleled in the history of media committee of the house of representatives”.

Rep Benjamin Kalu, though a first timer in the House of Reps has in recent times attracted accolades for the capacity he has demonstrated in and outside the floor of the green chambers.

This is not unconnected with the efforts he has made in enhancing the public perception of the 9th National Assembly, particularly the House.

In a recent interview with ABN TV, he stated that while others are sleeping, him as the chairman of the Media and Public Affairs committee will be burning his candle to understand the activities of other committees of the House to enable him to inform and educate the populace right.