By Disun Amosun
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Benjamin Kalu has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deserves a second term in office and has commenced drumming up support for the project among South-Easterners.
The D/S based his call on the successes the President had so far recorded through bold economic, social and political reforms in the last two years, and urged Igbos to support his reelection bid by voting massively in 2027.
Kalu stated this when he received separately on courtesy calls in Umuahia, the Tinubu Mandate Support Group TMSG Abia State Chapter, led by Hon. Armstrong Okoronkwo and Club 17 initiative members led by Prince George Nnanna.
This is coming on the heels of a significant political development in Abia State where the leaders of the old Aba political division made up of Ukwa-Ngwa leaders had earlier made a clarion call on the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, to run for the governorship position come the 2027 general elections.
In assuring the Deputy Speaker of theur total support in the gubernatorial race,should he agree to contest, the group leaders said Abia State and in fact the whole South East region stands to gain more if it stood in tandem with the APC ruling party at the center and pledged to actualize both projects in the coning general election (2027)
Addressing the delegation from the Tinubu Mandate Support Group, the Deputy Speaker described the President as a progressive Nigerian who wants to leave a legacy, make a good shift in the way the nation is built.
Commending the group for their voter mobilization efforts for Mr President, Kalu urged the Igbos “to partner with our brothers in the Southwest and give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu all the support needed to make his second term a reality.
Kalu described the Support Group as a good motivation the country had been waiting for, noting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a good product to be sold for the second term project
“I believed in him longtime ago, but he first believed in me, started assisting me before I met him. I was one of those who went to meet him and beg him to run for President. I will continue to stand by him. He’s a progressive Nigerian who wants to leave a legacy. God blessed him, he came to make a good shift in the way the nation is developed. He loves and is intentional about Nigeria and is doing a lot that has never been done in moving thr country forward.
“Our business is to tell the people the good work of President Tinubu’s agenda. Igbos should come together let’s give President Bola Ahmed Tinubu all the support that he needs. We should invest our votes where there’s progress and that’s Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It’s on his mandate that we’re going to stand as Ndi Igbo. He came and started giving us relevance, brought us closer.” Kalu said.
Also, addressing the delegation from club 17 initiative, the Deputy Speaker expressed optimism that the All Progressive Congress, APC will win the 2027 gubernatorial election in Abia state.
Kalu commended the group for the work they’re doing, assuring them of his support always.
He also assured Abians and Ndi Igbo that APC will be made stronger in Abia to win future elections.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Tinubu mandate support group, Okoronkwo commended the deputy speaker for the work he’s doing as a representative in the National Assembly, assuring him that they are work assiduously to ensure President Tinubu’s reelection.
“We are happy to associate with you, our focus is to go from house to house to tell them about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tell them what he’s doing for South East and for Abia State in particular.
“The wisdom of choosing you as the Deputy Speaker has brightened our chances politically. We need your support to Kickstart campaign for Tinubu, because he’s doing much and no one is talking to people. If we can spread out and begin to talk to people we’ll make good success. We are coming out as Igbos to make sure we give him the needed support and ensure his reelection,” Okoronkwo said.
