Nigerians Are Suffering Because Of South East – Orji Uzor Kalu

Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said some of the challenges facing Nigeria could be solved in the South East with the right atmosphere.

Senator Kalu said there was a need to restore the region to its peaceful state to fasten productivity of the country.

He stated that most of the items produced in China and other foreign nations could be produced in the region if security was guaranteed.

Naijaonpoint reports that Kalu stated this on Saturday in an interview with Arise News. He advocated for efforts to be made to fasten the release of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker noted that President Bola Tinubu would start the second phase of his administration’s policies as soon as insecurity was defeated.

“I think President Tinubu is coming there. I mean, Rome was not built in a day. We are just battling with the insurgents in our area and gradually we are coming up. And as we are coming up, we will now start thinking on the next step.

“Once we calm down the insurgents or banditry and our unknown government and all the rest of them, the President and his team and all of us will advise him to open the chapter two of the book. And the chapter two will be development. Once you have no insurgents, you have no unknown gunmen, and you don’t have any disturbances about our people, we will talk page two of development,” he said.

South East Potential

The former governor of Abia State emphasized that the South East region needs a peaceful atmosphere, electricity and good policies to maximize its economic potential.

While acknowledging the need for Kanu to be released for the security of the region, Senator Kalu called on IPOB lawyers and the judiciary to expedite action on the legal process.

“We have always, people we say, we have always asked the president, according to law, find the best way of law to address the issue of South East, both the issue of the IPOB, the issue of everybody, to address this within the context of law of Nigeria. So that possibly, very quickly, Nnamdi Kanu will be released from prisons and we will continue to live a better life and produce everything.

“Let me be honest with you. Nigerians are suffering because of the problem we are having in the South East. The South East can produce everything you buy in China. We can make them in Aba, Nnewi and Onitsha. Everything you buy from China. Just give us electricity, give us the way that we need and give us the direction. We will produce everything that you produce in China. The technologies are there, everything, we have it, but we need a better atmosphere.

“We need to clean away properly, in agreement, the sit-at-home which has cost hundreds of billions of Naira out of the South East. We need to bring back the I can do it spirit. We need to send back Eging by Eging. We need to go back to what we know how to do,” he stated.

Tinubu Believes In the Capacity of South East

The Abia North lawmaker explained that President Tinubu was waiting for the judiciary to conclude the legal process on Kanu’s case.

He added that as soon as the judiciary had done everything in line with the rule of law, the President would intervene.

He continued, “When I was governor, a lot of things were being manufactured in Aba. People have begged Aba people to stop putting made in Paris, made in Spain, made in Brazil. They should stop putting made in Aba. We can supply every equipment this country needs from that region of the country.

“President Tinubu himself knows this because I can tell you twice he slept in Abia when we were governors. He slept in Igbere and he saw it himself and he respects that.

“I’m sure once we have good atmosphere, the President will come back to do the needful in our zone. And I’m praying that both the lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu and the courts, they should speed up and make sure that it’s released according to law of Nigeria’ because I’m sure President Tinubu will always live to respect the judiciary.

“People are calling him to intervene. Yes, he will intervene through the judiciary. The judiciary has to do its job and President Tinubu will intervene. So I believe that as soon as possible and practical that Nnamdi Kanu will be released and the area will be very quiet. “