NDIGBO AND THE LEADERSHIP QUESTION: THE ORJI UZOR KALU ALTERNATIVE

Few issues concerning the Igbo nation have provoked profound debate and lengthy discussions than the vexed question of leadership. There is this otiose conception among our people that the Igbo have no ‘eze’. I think this is a wrong assumption. The Igbo have ‘eze’, perhaps not in the sense other cultures like the Yoruba or the Hausa/Fulani express and institutionalize their own kingship patterns. Unfortunately, most of our people have bought into this rheumy impression upon which basis they impugn their very best and ridicule them before the public.

British MP to Kalu: Don’t relent in fight for good governance

The arrowhead of Britain’s opposition and Member of Parliament (MP), Ed Miliband, has urged a former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, not to relent in his quest for the enthronement of good governance in Nigeria.
Miliband, who spoke at the launch of Diversity Group of the British Labour Party in London, United Kingdom, said that Kalu has a track record in the fight for the institutionalisation of good governance, urging him not to relent.

Kalu Wants State Pardon for 1985 Convicted Drug Traffickers

A former Abia Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday called for state pardon for the three men executed for drug trafficking in Nigeria in 1985.

Kalu said in a statement that the death penalty given the trio was too harsh and punitive for an offence considered mild --under the law as at 1985.

PRESIDENCY: 2015 IS THE TURN OF THE SOUTH EAST – ATIKU!!!

Former vice-president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reiterated his commitment to power shift to the south east in 2015. Speaking in Enugu , at the beginning of his tour of the South-East zone to meet with the PDP leaders, stakeholders and business community leaders in the region, Abubakar said he remained irrevocably committed to a president of Igbo extraction in 2015. “I am committed to an Igbo presidency in 2015 to a point of passion. I remain resolutely committed that this zone be fully reintegrated in Nigeria,”

2015: No Progress For Nigeria Until An Igbo Man Becomes President – Orji Kalu

Former Abia State governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has been telling all who care to listen that it is time a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction emerged. Again, Kalu has passionately reiterated that for the country to make meaningful progress, an Igbo man should be elected as president at the 2015 polls. He stated this even as he dispelled insinuation that he scuttled Dr. Alex Ekwueme’s presidential ambition in 1999.

Reports from Abia state said  youths this few days ago embarked  on a solidarity rally in Igbere to demonstrate support for Orji Uzor Kalu. A correspondents in Igbere say this was a spontaneous reaction following the news yesterday by the PDP national publicity secretary Metu confirming Kalu’s membership of the party. It could  be recalled that the Governor of Abia state T. A. Orji with some PDP stalwarts in the state have been in tremendous trepidation following their suspicion late 2012 that Kalu was scheming to rejoin the party which led to various illegal attempts by them to block his re-admission.
The youths numbering over 10, 000 according to a report  were received in Kalu’s country home CAMP NEYA Igbere by his Special Assistant Chukwudi Okoroafor (Pastor) as they sang and chanted war songs marching round the compound.
In a letter presented by their leader Com. Ibe Onyebuchi (Former councilor ASA ward 2) Aba, they congratulated Kalu on his re-admission into PDP and called on him to join the race for Aso Rock 2015. This according to them is based on the fact that 2015 is the turn of Ndi Igbo to produce the President of Nigeria and Kalu remains the best candidate to clinch the elusive position for Ndi Igbo.
They also condemned Gov. T. Orji’s  leadership in the state saying that Abians are totally disappointed with the present administration. They however called on him to sit up and make efforts to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUK YOUTHS FOUNDATION

 The journey to the establishment of the OUK YOUTHS FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND UNITED NIGERIA started in early 2008 soon after the General election of 2007 where Dr Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) participated as a presidential candidate and proved his genuine commitment to the empowerment of the Youths; the Peace, Unity and overall development of Nigeria.