Kalu writes Abia PDP Reconciliation Committee

A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday wrote to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation committee due to visit Abia State today. Kalu regretted that he would not be on ground to receive the team, as he was currently on a business trip to China. He said that had he been around, he would have personally welcomed the team; a decision he described as a laudable one by the party.

Kalu in a statement issued yesterday stated that setting up the committee to reconcile various contending interests round the country will go a long way in strengthening the ruling party before 2015 election.

He also urged PDP members across the country to close ranks and work in unity for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. The statement reads in part: “It has just been brought to my attention that a reconciliation committee set up by our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be visiting Abia State today.

“I regret that this laudable initiative is taking place at a time I am outside the country, in far away China, on a business trip. It would have been my pleasure to welcome the reconciliation committee to our dear state, as one of the founding members of the party.

“I will like to state emphatically that having such committee to reconcile various contending interests round the country is the way to go. For President Goodluck Jonathan to have a landslide victory back to office after general elections next year, PDP must close ranks round the country.”

Kalu also pledged his support for reconciliation exercise in PDP not only in Abia State, but in all parts of the country where such is necessary.

“We need a cohesive front. As they say, the more the merrier. We do not need to antagonize any interest. In unity and cohesion, PDP will not only win the Presidency with ease, but as many gubernatorial and National Assembly seats as possible, round the country.

“I hereby pledge my support for the reconciliation exercise not only in Abia State, but in all parts of the country where such is necessary. I salute our party leaders past and present, and urge them to count on my support and goodwill at all times,” the former governor stated.