Kalu appeals to Tinubu for seaport in South East

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to assistance the South Easterners a seaport to heighten commercialized successful the zone.

Kalu made the petition connected Friday portion speaking during the reception astatine the Enyimba International Stadium organised successful honour of Tinubu aft inaugurating immoderate projects successful Abia.

“Mr President, we privation to convey you for what you are doing successful our authorities done our politician and what you are doing astir the Southeast.

“But I indispensable accidental it is astir clip that we had different seaport successful the Southeast; Southeasterners are chiefly traders, and we request a seaport to heighten our trading.

“I besides privation to accidental that the demolition and the demolition of the houses and the offices of our brothers successful Lagos makes our hearts bleed,” helium said.

Kalu pleaded with the president to talk with the Lagos State politician to let the Igbo radical whose houses person not been destroyed already to regularise their documents.

He said that demolition astatine this clip of hardship makes the hearts of victims bleed, stressing the request for an amicable solution alternatively than demolition of property.

Kalu said governance is astir concern hence the authorities indispensable spouse with; hence, the national government, and the national authorities indispensable spouse with the state.

He said though helium is an All Progressives Congress (APC) enactment member, it is his quality to enactment the governors of his authorities to guarantee the authorities succeeds and promised to enactment Alex Otti to succeed.

“I person gone with him from the morning, visiting each the projects till this evening, and I person seen the state’s projects carried retired by the governor, and for that we commend him.

“But arsenic a subordinate and national of this state, I request, similar Oliver Twist, that the politician should bash more.” He said.

He thanked the president for his assistance successful the projects successful Abia and urged the Abia Information Commissioner and media houses successful Abia to accord Tinubu his merited credits.

Kalu said this would induce the president to bash much for the authorities and the South East, which helium had shown emotion to. (NAN)

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