Deputy Speaker Sends Warning to Ndigbo to Join Ruling Party

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has advised the people of the Southeast to join the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Kalu argued that it was irrational for the region to pitch its tent with parties that form the minority, adding that it is time to look at the bigger picture and move away from regional politics.

The lawmaker stated this during a radio interview in Umuahia.

Kalu said that he took bullets for President Bola Tinubu in the South East before and during the presidential polls.

He urged politicians from the South East who belong to other parties like PDP, APGA, and LP to join the APC, as he believed there was more room for them in the ruling party.

He argued that the Southeast voices are diminished at the national level because four different parties control the region.

Quoting His words, It is better for you to be in a party that has control of the federal purse because that way, we can lobby better. When we go with the splinter group, our voices are low.