Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu Writes Ruling APC, Insists On Senate President Despite Party’s Choice Of Ex-Minister, Akpabio

Kalu's ambition was expressed in a letter he wrote on Monday to the APC leadership and 108 senators-elect, in which he positioned himself as the best contender for the position.

Orji Uzor Kalu

Orji Kalu, the Senate Chief Whip, has written to the ruling All Progressive Congress about his “Senate President” ambitions, only hours after the party announced former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, as its handpicked candidate for the position.
Kalu's ambition was expressed in a letter he wrote on Monday to the APC leadership and 108 senators-elect, in which he positioned himself as the best contender for the position.
The former Abia State governor who said in April that it was his turn to become the Senate President, declared that he had what it took to ensure the success of the 10th Senate.
He wrote, “It is with a deep sense of joy and humility that I bring you warm greetings and that of the Abia north senatorial zone. My emergence as the senator to represent Abia north in this critical time in the history of our dear nation comes with huge responsibilities, top of which is to make quality laws for the good governance of our people.
“To be able to achieve these enviable goals, we require good leaders who will pilot the affairs of the 10th senate. Leadership of a sophisticated senate at the 10th session will need men and women with abundance of shared vision, consensus building, charisma, credibility, and pragmatism in the saddle.
“This is why I most humbly write to officially inform you of my interest to be elected the next Senate President. I make this offer to serve you and the Nigerian people with sincerity of heart, humility, and candor.
“The biggest asset I bring to the table is wisdom and experience garnered over the years in the management of human and material resources.
“I promise to work for you, promote and defend the constitution and the party, and foster a congenial and cordial relationship between the party, the executive and judiciary.

“One thing is indubitably certain: working together in unity and mutual love and respect, we can take Nigeria to the next level of peace, progress, and development.”