Igbos must learn to cooperate with Buhari if they want development-Orji Uzor kalu

Orji Kalu, the Senate’s chief whip, has reiterated the need for Igbos to work with President Muhammadu Buhari if they want the South-East to grow. “I encourage the Igbos to engage with President Buhari to find a means to make reconciliation and eliminate sentiments,” Mr. Kalu said on Friday. If given another chance, the Abia North Senatorial District legislator indicated that his district will give Buhari more votes. he said the Abia North Senatorial Zone was the only zone in the South-East and South-South to vote for Buhari in the 2019 general elections, earning 68 percent of the vote. “I believe the people will vote for him more if we are allowed to replicate what we accomplished in 2019.” The votes may be more than 68 percent based on what President Buhari has done in my constituency,” Kalu stated that they have a warm relationship with Abia North as a constituency, and the president has showed a lot of compassion for them and remembered what they voted for, so everyone is excited.” “In the South-South and South-East, Abia North is the senatorial seat that gave the president the most votes,” Mr. Kalu said. Because we are the best, no one dares to challenge us. So, when people say Buhari is unpopular, we disagree.” “With him, we’ve always had good moments,” he concluded, referring to the president’s political ties with his region. In 2003, we awarded him a doctorate from our university (Abia State University), and in 2004, we bestowed a chieftaincy title on him in Igbere (Mr. Kalu’s hometown).” Apart from Mr. Buhari, he went on to say that his home base had good ties with other Nigerian politicians. As an outcome, they have always gotten along with him, as well as other past heads of state like Abudulsalami Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida, President Shehu Shagari, and President Olusegun Obasanjo,the APC member explained that they are happy to have more people in their neighborhood, therefore Nigerian politicians should put an end to the hostility.