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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has called on Ndigbo to support the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in the overall interest of the zone.
Kalu, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, stated this, at the inauguartion of Abia State All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in Umuahia.
The Deputy Speaker, according to the statement, said the South East has been very successful in business over the years, rebuilding the region after the civil war without government intervention, because the people are strategic in their thinking.
Therefore, he admonished them to apply the same strategic formula that made them prosperous in business to politics, noting that it is time for Ndigbo to pick up the strategy of forming regional political alliance and handshake across the Niger to secure their political future.
According to him, “Ladies and gentlemen, over the years, we have been very successful in our business as a people in the South East and we have been able to achieve what we achieved post civil war, rebuilding the South East without the intervention of the government only because we are strategic in our thinking.
“But I want to tell you that why we have gotten it wrong in our political growth is that rather than apply that formula that had helped us in our businesses, in our economic life, the Igbo have been sentimental.
“Sentiment does not drive political growth, participation, engagement and advancement. It does not drive the dividends of democracy. It is about time that we dropped sentiment and pick up strategy. And when I talk about strategy, I talk about political strategy. I talk about regional, political alliance of Ndi Igbo.
“To be alone is not an honour. To be alone is not a thing of pride. To work in silos is not what will define our people. We must come together with other regions, shake hands across the Niger so as to remain relevant in the scheme of things. Let no one deceive you that on our own, we can do it”.
Kalu who is also the Deputy Director of APC Presidential Campaign Council (South) 11 identified President Tinubu as the rewarding investment platform for Igbo votes, describing him as a leader who does not know the colour of skin, tongue or tribe, but sees, relates with, treats and positions everyone as a Nigerian.
“I can assure us in politics, there is going to be a paradigm shift where the Igbo will throw their votes into a rewarding investment platform and that platform is no other than President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“I preach about him not just because he is the President. I advocate for him because I am a core disciple of his political philosophy that believes in building legacies that will outlive a leader, a philosophy that believes in non-tribal way of administering a nation,” he stated.
