Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has said that President Bola Tinubu deserves a second term considering the successes he recorded through bold economic, social and political reforms in the last two years.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Udora Orizu, Special Adviser Press Affairs to the deputy speaker.
According to the statement, Kalu stated this when he received seperately, the Tinubu Mandate Support Group, Abia State chapter, led by Armstrong Okoronkwo and Club 17 Initiative members led by Prince George Nnanna in Umuahia.
Addressing the delegations, the deputy speaker described President Tinubu as a progressive Nigerian who wants to leave a legacy, make a good shift in the way the nation is built and is intentional about the country.
Commending the group for their voter mobilization efforts for the president, Kalu urged the Igbos to give President Tinubu all the support that he needs.
“President Bola Tinubu is a good product to be sold for a second term. I believed in him a long time ago, but he first believed in me, started assisting me before I met him.
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“I was one of those who went to meet him and beg him to run for president. I will continue to stand by him. He’s a progressive Nigerian who wants to leave a legacy.
“God blessed him, he came to make a good shift in the way the nation is built. He loves and is intentional about the country. He’s doing a lot that has never been done.
“Our business is to tell the people the good work of President Tinubu’s agenda. Igbos should come together, let’s give President Tinubu all the support that he needs.
“We should invest our votes where there’s progress and that’s Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. It’s on his mandate that we’re going to stand as Ndi Igbo. He came and started giving us relevance, and brought us closer,” the deputy speaker said.
He expressed optimism that the APC will win the 2027 gubernatorial election in Abia State and
commended the group for the work they’re doing, assuring them of his support always.
Kalu also assured Abians and Ndi Igbo that the APC will be made stronger in Abia to win future elections.