Orji Kalu: I’ve Put My Presidential Dream In The Cooler For Now, Says He Can’t Fight APC

Senator Orji Kalu, the senator who represents Abia North in the National Assembly and is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatization, has said that he will wait to run for president until President Bola Tinubu has finished his second term.
Even if he wants to run for president, Kalu stated that he cannot challenge the party since it is supreme and has already endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term that ends in 2031.
The senator said his presidential dream is on hold and will be resurrected when Tinubu finishes his second term in office, while speaking to reporters in Igbere, in the Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, on Tuesday.

I’m an APC member, and our party has overwhelmingly supported President Tinubu,” he said. Because I am unable to oppose the party, my goal to become president is currently on hold. The party is supreme. “President Tinubu will enjoy it and we will elect him President.” He is enjoying the party’s dominance. In God’s time, if I still possess the necessary means and energy when President Tinubu leaves office in 2031, who says I can’t run for president? It’s feasible.

If the public thought he was deserving of a second chance, the lawmaker added that he would run for the Abia North senatorial district seat in 2027.

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He declared, “I will seek reelection to the Senate in 2027. If I am deemed worthy by our people, I will run. In my six years as a senator, a man has completed more than 187 highways, while I have completed more than 123 elementary schools.

“I work closely with President Tinubu,” Kalu remarked in reference to his success over the past two years. The President has performed admirably in just two years. There will likely be significant improvements in the economy if we can provide him the advantages of completing a further two years and serving another term.

The senator from Abia stated that the party made the correct decision in pushing President Tinubu to do more and that his support for a second term is not as hurried as some have suggested.

We are in the midterm and we need to push the President to do more, therefore the party did the correct thing, he said. The incumbent president is entitled to run again, and we will fully support him.