Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Insists On Holding The Senatorial Position

"I promise to work for you..."

Despite the APC's selection of former minister Akpabio as Senate president, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu insists on holding the position

Just hours after the ruling All Progressive Congress named former Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio as their chosen candidate for the role, the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, wrote to the party about his "Senate President" aspirations.

Just hours after the ruling All Progressive Congress named former Niger Delta Affairs Minister Godswill Akpabio as their chosen candidate for the role, the Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, wrote to the party about his "Senate President" aspirations.

He wrote. "It is with a deep sense of joy and humility that I bring you warm greetings and that of the Abia north senatorial zone. My emergence as the senator to represent Abia north in this critical time in the history of our dear nation comes with huge responsibilities, top of which is to make quality laws for the good governance of our people.

"To be able to achieve these enviable goals, we require good leaders who will pilot the affairs of the 10th senate. Leadership of a sophisticated senate at the 10th session will need men and women with abundance of shared vision, consensus building, charisma, credibility, and pragmatism in the saddle. 

"This is why I most humbly write to officially inform you of my interest to be elected the next Senate President. I make this offer to serve you and the Nigerian people with sincerity of heart, humility, and candour.

"The biggest asset I bring to the table is wisdom and experience garnered over the years in the management of human and material resources. 

"I promise to work for you, promote and defend the constitution and the party, and foster a congenial and cordial relationship between the partu, the executive and judiciaru.He wrote. 

"It is with a deep sense of joy and humility that I bring you warm greetings and that of the Abia north senatorial zone. My emergence as the senator to represent Abia north in this critical time in the history of our dear nation comes with huge responsibilities, top of which is to make quality laws for the good governance of our people.

He wrote. "It is with a deep sense of joy and humility that I bring you warm greetings and that of the Abia north senatorial zone. My emergence as the senator to represent Abia north in this critical time in the history of our dear nation comes with huge responsibilities, top of which is to make quality laws for the good governance of our people.

"One thing is indubitably certain: working together in unity and mutual love and respect, we can take Nigeria to the next level of peace, progress, and development."