......As Rep Benjamin Kalu represents APC in a stake holders meeting organized by INEC 23/3/2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC organized a stake holders meeting today 23rd of march 2021. The meeting which was attended by stakeholders from various Political parties, Security agents and concerned citizens was held at the Aba North local government head quarters. As usual the ever energetic house of representatives spokesman Rep Benjamin Kalu was there to represent the All Progressive Congress. While speaking at the meeting, Rep Benjamin Kalu emphasized on the need for all parties involved in the election to play by the rules and shun politics of bitterness, desperation and violence. Rep Benjamin Kalu commended the efforts of the INEC in planning a free and fair election in Aba while advising all to play by the rules. Rep Benjamin Kalu afterwards joined the entourage of the Senate Chief Whip H.E Dr Orji Uzor Kalu on the continuation of the ongoing tour of ward

As house members decries paucity of funds...... The House of Representatives has said the National Assembly is underfund fored to function efficiently and effectively as a national parliament. The House decried that the paucity of funds has made the working environment not conducive for lawmakers while they have not been able to carry out their legislative activities to the best of their ability. The lamentation came from Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, at his weekly media conference on Thursday. The National Assembly had a budget of N139.5bn in 2018, N125bn in 2019 and N128bn (N125bn proposed, N3bn added) in 2020. While the sum of N125bn was proposed for the National Assembly in 2021, it along with its affiliates got about N134bn. Kalu was asked if it was true that the House reduced the number of days lawmakers sit for plenary per week – from three days to one and recently two – to cut costs. He said it was for safety reasons due to the COVI

𝑨𝒔 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔..... Fresh ethnic tension is brewing in Anambra state as four Fulani herdsmen were reportedly shot dead in an attack on a settlement in Ogborji, Orumba South local government area . The incident which occurred on Saturday, March 6, amid the mounting farmers-herders crisis in the country also saw many cows stolen. Speaking on the development, the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Southeast zone, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, said gunmen entered the camp and started shooting, leading to death. Many cows were reportedly stolen while four herders were killed in an attack on Fulani settlement in Anambra. According to him, many corpses were also taken away by the assailants in an attack that saw many cows also killed at the Mohammed Idris Herders’ Settlement.

......𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝑨𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 Enyinnaya Abaribe’s book, pathetic tales of a hometown fabulist. By Prof. (Mrs) Chinyere Emenalo, Chairperson, Association of South Eastern Professors (ASEP) Aba Branch, Abia State. Let’s talk about hometown fabulists for a hot second. When you’re in a social setting and casually asked, “Where are you from?”, obviously the point isn’t to quickly hear the answer and get it out of the way. It’s to start a conversation that illuminates how your life experiences have shaped you, what values you stand for and how you represent the ethos of your hometown. Of course, in every party there is always the attention seeker, that one unpleasant fellow who would falsely lay claim to a great city, purely out of a groveling need to be validated by the fame of a city who values they do not represent. A claim to be “made in Aba” would be a claim to represent the ethos of a people who are integrous, enterprising, dogged, driven