The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, said on Sunday that the President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, needs the partnership of Nigerians, particularly the South-East, to win the term in 2027.
Kalu stated this in Bende town in Bende LGA while inaugurating his Renewed Hope Partners, stating, “President Tinubu is a man of the people of South East.
“Ndigbo also love him. Nobody should come and lie to you that President Tinubu does not love us.
“He has come to prove that by giving Chief of Naval Staff, Minister of Works, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker, and South East Development Commission to ndigbo.”
He added, “Today is to tell you that Tinubu needs your partnership. His Renewed Hope Agenda cannot be achieved by only one man. He asked me to go and tell my people that he needed them.
“For eight years, Igbos were nowhere, but he came and said he believes in equity, justice, and fairness and gave us Deputy Speaker.”
He urged Igbo not to be deceived by liars.
He disclosed that for the occasion, President Tinubu provided 8400 bags of rice for the people.
In his speech. The National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was represented by the party’s National Vice Chairman, South East, Emma Enukwu, said that every section in Nigeria stands on the mandate of President Tinubu, stating, “The entire South-East has already collapsed into APC.”
The South-East, he said, must not lag behind and must make sure they “hook into the national grid”.
Also speaking, the Abia State chairman of APC, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu, said, “Today marks the beginning of the journey aimed at repositioning Abia State for the Renewed Hope Crusade,” adding, “There is a positive shift from the way and manner Abia State was governed in the past.”
