Power demands restraint. Officeholders must exercise dignity and prioritize public duty over self-aggrandisement. By assuming the mantle of presidential envoy in Abia without mandate, Kalu risks inflaming tensions in a state that has, until now, enjoyed relative calm
“Insurgents exploit poverty, local sympathy, and weak governance. Political will matters, However you also need legitimacy, trust, and credible leadership to unite the public behind the fight”
“Sowore, Ejimakor, and Kanu’s brother stood where many are too afraid to stand — and for that, they deserve not just bail, but applause”
“Since the creation of Abia State in 1991, this is about the first time it is to witness any meaningful intervention in the public transportation sector. The absence of government in this crucial sector has created room for all kinds of profiteers, shylocks, sharks and greedy business operators..”
“Privileged Nigerians ONLY gravitate toward one thing – economic power. They have no elite sense of identity outside of money in the bank, a 4-wheeled status signaller on the road, and an overpriced house in a neighbourhood that has a constant bad odour and potholes.”
“By insisting that Mr. President should be part of commissioning the Port Harcourt Road is part of his good governance ethics to show appreciation that the road being commissioned is a federal road before the opposition start to claim he has taken over federal roads in Abia state without due process” By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere While it is yet unclear whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will honor today’s invitation to come and commission the Port Harcourt and other roads projects completed by Governor Alex Otti, it must be said…
“The Otti phenomenon is beginning to suffer a typically Nigerian handicap in terms of discourse and public opinion. The political opposition is digging up and padding up a mixture of falsehood and mangled narratives to score points preparatory to the 2027 campaigns, Nevertheless, Abia people have left the Babylonian captivity of feudalism behind for all time.”
“Nigeria is not broken. Nigerians are, Ruled by hunger, hypnotized by tribe, enslaved by religion, and until Nigerians admit that the devil they are fighting is inside of their own people, not Aso Rock; your children will inherit your foolishness the same way you inherited your father’s silence”
“We are only limited by our collective complicity and docility in allowing in a majority the most selfish and incompetent men and women, to hold political offices, and use same to only line their pockets and that of their praise singers”
“Sending your children abroad at tender ages while you do not live with them is not different from distance relationship between a husband and wife. You are extremely lucky if you can sustain the relationship afterwards.”
