WHO’S AFTER ORJI KALU’S PROGRESS? - Ezedimbu Kelvin

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. I remain overwhelmed when I am seeing a lot things going the wrong way in Abia State.


During my time as a student of Abia State University (ABSU) I witnessed what we call tremendous hike in school fees. In year one we paid N31,010 , year two N47,500 , year three N55,500 , year four N80,000 and year five N83,000 all this was in Theodore Ahamefula Orji’s administration, I could remember vividly that in 2009 students wore black and protested in Government House, Umuahia, all because of school fees hike. In 2012 we lost a great comrade Uruakpa Chidi, ABSU Student Union Government President, on his way back from the Government House.
He had an accident and died all because he refused to sign the tremendous increase in school fees.

There is no doubt that T. A. Orji can just wake up from sleep and decide to compare himself with Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, an enigma and a successful business mogul, for his sinful administration with that of Dr Kalu.

During the era of OUK as fondly called, education was his first priority in Abia State which was free in primary and secondary sections, in university level both the indigenes and non indigenes were paying less in which many that benefited can also testify about all this goodwill done by him, his love and care for ABSU students made him to build the biggest hostel which is the Acon hostel.

We have prayed to God for peace to reign in Abia State (Gods own state) but a father and son keep holding Abians to ransom. Now, the immediate-past governor of Abia State, T. A Orji, who described himself as a rising political star should hide his face in shame and show Abians what were his assets before he became governor or who was he in Nigeria.

To an ordinary Abian, the leadership of T. A. Orji brought merciless hardship to people, poverty, hunger and enmity. Using Abia money to acquire properties in and outside Nigeria, buying and making enemy to his predecessor OUK.

All this development is so ugly and has made my mind heavy as I wonder what level of measure he want to use his sinful, hatred and ungodly administration to compare with that of our Great leader, a man with a heart of Gold Dr Kalu that handed over power to him peacefully.
Mothers enjoyed the free medicals, students enjoyed the free education, businessmen and women also enjoyed peace of mind while the sports sector hail him for his love and support towards and more especially for supporting Enyinmba FC for winning the cup back to back which Prof Mazi the then Commissioner for Sports testify that Dr. Kalu is blessed leader and cannot be compared to a greedy successor that finds it difficult to pay workers but is ready to use the money to buy himself all those that loves OUK’s into his team for them to hate OUK because 97 per cent of those working with him are all OUK’s loyalists.

Over to Governor ikpeazu it takes a great leader that finds himself in a big position to humble himself and serve the masses, you are an Adventist I am calling on you to make a change and leave a legacy in Abia that all will remember you with, I got this information from an insider the message is strong that the reason why you refused to pay Dr Kalu his pension is said to have been that he did not acknowledge you as a governor!

This is heart aching and worrisome when heard because it does not portray peace in the mindsets of the common man in Abia while you pay his successor and your predecessor T. A. Orji his pension, this is not worthy of your leadership as a man that fears and respects God don’t just see it as playing politics.

Several great men of God have called T.A Orji and Kalu for peace, Kalu came but T. A. Orji did not honour the invitation, this was a big slap to those men of God.
T.A. Orji now keep hunting Orji Uzor Kalu because he is more social and interacts with the masses he knows and don’t know, he is so scared of him that he does not want him back in the political system, but the good will message here is that Orji Uzor Kalu have forgiven him for what he did in 2011 Abia north senatorial election, in 2015 and even in 2016 senatorial rerun but T.A.Orji have been warned serious to distance himself with whatever concerns Abia north senatorial ruling in court especially in the up coming Appeal court.

When peace reign in Abia all lost hope will be back alive. Abians love OUK and will keep loving him because he is a man of peace and did exploits in his tenure let’s keep hope alive and pray that all those Afraid and against ouk should find peace and love within themselves for the Gods own state to grow and be a better place to dwell.