It’s my turn to become Nigeria’s Senate President - Orji Kalu tells colleagues

By Musa Baba Adamu

As battle for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly continues, the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, on Tuesday claimed it is his turn to be Senate President.

The former Abia State Governor, who spoke with journalists at the National Assembly, urged his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, to zone the Senate Presidency to his district.

Kalu opined that if elected president of the Senate, he would work for the development of the entire nation.

He said, “It is my turn to become the Senate President. If I’m elected Senate President, I will be Team Nigeria. I’m going to work in every corner of Nigeria.

“I schooled in Maiduguri, Borno State. I started my business in Lagos and spread it across all state capitals. My first name will be team Nigeria, my last name will be team Nigeria”.

Kalu said he was ready to run for Senate President if the party zones the position to his South East geopolitical zone because the party’s decision was supreme.

“And So I will like the party to zone it to my zone, to my village in Igbere because President Tinubu needs people of high character to turn around the economy and work for the masses, make laws that will enable him to turn around the economy, because, I am an economic person, an entrepreneur.”

Kalu said he had sponsored bills that can boost the economy like the railway bill that would enable state governments and private sector entities to build railways.