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By Steve Oko
Abia Labour Party (LP) House of Representatives Caucus members person told the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, alternatively than usage his “number six position” successful the state to beforehand the origin of Abia State, should not incite the national authorities against the authorities for his selfish governmental interest.
The caucus, successful a connection connected Wednesday, criticized the Deputy Speaker implicit his caller captious remarks against Gov. Alex Otti, accusing him of a deliberate effort to pit the national authorities against the state.
The connection work successful part:” Hon. Kalu has carried connected with arrogance and recklessness, making provocative, sycophantic, and inflammatory statements some publically and privately.
“His behaviour reveals a deliberate strategy to incite the Federal Government and the ruling enactment astatine the centre against the Abia State Government, portion peddling falsehoods to discredit the medication of Governor Alex Otti.
“This is the aforesaid divisive strategy helium erstwhile utilized against respected leaders of his ain enactment successful the South East. His caller actions are not astir service, they are astir idiosyncratic ambition and power-drunk tendencies, adjacent astatine the disbursal of peace of Abia state.”
The LP caucus wondered wherefore the Deputy Speaker chose to reciprocate Gov. Otti’s magnanimity with animosity.
“Unlike what is often seen elsewhere, absorption governmental bureau holders are met with hostility successful their states. Governor Alex Otti has consistently demonstrated governmental maturity and magnanimity towards Hon. Kalu. The Governor extended goodwill to him upon his emergence arsenic Deputy Speaker, including hosting an elaborate authorities reception successful his honor, attended by Labour Party officials and national legislators.
“Governor Otti directed each Abia LP House members to enactment Kalu’s emergence arsenic Deputy Speaker. This practice should person been reciprocated by Hon. Kalu. Sadly, helium has chosen alternatively to stoke the embers of governmental disharmony successful Abia.”
The Caucus asked Kalu to prosecute successful sober self-reflection, arguing that “his hubris and inciteful remarks are unbecoming of a Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.”
“He indispensable retrieve that galore person occupied and volition inactive inhabit that seat; decorum, not arrogance, defines existent leadership”, the connection read.
The Caucus challenged Kalu to leverage his privileged presumption to complement the government’s efforts successful attracting much national attraction to the state, alternatively than blackmailing the Governor.
“Governor Alex Otti has facilitated and is executing galore national projects crossed Abia — including Port Harcourt Road, Ohafia-Arochukwu Road, Omenuko Bridge, and the 25 km Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Road, soon to beryllium flagged off. These are tangible results: a benignant of enactment that brings anticipation to mean people, creates jobs, opens up communities, and makes Abia a root of pridefulness for the federation again.
“As helium ever boast to beryllium ‘number six’ successful nationalist protocol, Hon. Kalu ought to leverage his bureau to enactment these projects for Abia’s growth, alternatively than playing inexpensive authorities successful his six years arsenic a subordinate of the House of Representatives.”
The Caucus urged Abians and Nigerians “to disregard Hon. Kalu’s bare boasts and divisive rhetoric”, saying his actions “are driven by selfish ambition, not emotion for the people.”
The Caucus maintained that”Governor Otti enjoys a cordial narration with Mr. President,” saying that “no magnitude of governmental scheming by Honorable Kalu tin disrupt Abia’s dependable progress.”
“The radical of Abia are politically discerning. They tin spot done Hon. Kalu’s selfish antics and recognize that his combat is not against 1 antheral but against the corporate involvement of bully governance, peace, and advancement successful Abia State.”
We telephone connected each Abians- young and old, marketplace women and traders, professionals, enactment members.
They further called connected Abians across enactment lines and governmental persuasions to basal agreed “in enactment of the transformational enactment of Governor Otti, and to cull attempts by immoderate idiosyncratic to resistance the authorities backwards for idiosyncratic gain.”
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