Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of OTHERS towards the achievement of a goal, and has absolutely nothing to do with seniority or one’s position in a hierarchy. Titles are of little or no importance at all. Adumbrating on the above, as topical as it is, Bill Gates, who needs no introduction in global affairs once said: “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders must be those who empower others” while Warren Bennis put his thus: “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision to reality.” From the aforesaid, the only cogent deductible conclusion…
Spokesperson of the House of Representatives and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has congratulated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the occasion of his 71st today March 29, 2023. Rep. Kalu described President-elect, As Bola Tinubu as a resilient leader and builder of men who has raised leaders across religious and ethnic backgrounds adding that it is a testament to a life of visionary leadership that is worthy of emulation. The Representative expressed confidence in his ability to take the nation to greater heights as he assumes the Office of the President of the Federal Republic…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to move correctional centers from the Exclusive legislative list to the Concurrent legislative list sponsored by Reps Spokesperson and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu. The Bill was listed amongst the 16 bills assented to by Mr. President on Friday, March 17th, 2023 was first read on the 24th of November, 2020, and passed for second reading on the 23rd of February, 2021. Following the passage of this bill, states will now have the power to establish Correctional and Custodial facilities, and State Assemblies…
Today, as Christians celebrate Mothering Sunday, Member representing Bende Fed. Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has sent warm greetings to mothers in Bende and across the world. The Representative in a heartfelt message stated that mothers are true blessings from God having unique abilities to nurture and grow whatever is placed in their care. He specially thanked the mothers of Bende for constantly showering him with love and care in various ways. Rep. Kalu prayed that the Almighty God continues to strengthen all mothers as they keep being the backbone of society urging them to remain steadfast in nurturing children who…
Partisan affiliation conforms with the inalienable and fundamental rights of Nigerians as it forms the basis and galvanizes the engine through which an individual can ventilate his opinions and aspirations as it were on local, national and international issues as it affects him. It therefore follows that political vehicles through which one drives his political views is of the essence and as such, should be seen as veritable and essential towards the growth and enhancement of one’s political culture. Through the evolving political culture and participation, political parties have emerged while others, for one reason or the other have gone…
Ahead of the Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, Member representing Bende Federal Constituency and Spokesperson of the House of Reps, Rep. Benjamin Kalu joined Candidates for Bende North and South State Constituency as they campaigned for the All Progressive Congress(APC) in Bende, Abia State. The Representative who clinched victory for his re-election after the National Assembly held on the 25th of February 2023 also seized the opportunity to also thank Bende Constituents for coming out en masse to ensure his victory in the last elections. He expressed immense gratitude for the effort they put in collectively and individually to…
As the shopping for the Speakership of the 10th National Assembly hits up, knowledgeability in international politics is one of the major ingredients required of leadership and Nigeria at present cannot be pretentious to wishfully assume that such will not play a role or be an added advantage to elect leadership. The Parliament as it were, remaining a shining light of representative and participatory democracy, the assertion above is required of it’s leadership to be armed with same as a necessary prerequisite for performance. Diplomacy, being the established method of influencing the decisions and behavior of foreign governments, agencies and…
Contributions to national development is no tea party. It requires grit, zeal, character, eligibility and suitability from the persona, who must have visibly distinguished himself and has also gained acceptability and national politics being the crux of this piece, as a bridge builder whose word is his bond, poised as a man of strong conviction, vis a vis the pursuit of the ideals of his partisan affiliation. The man, Representative Benjamin Kalu , a First Timer in Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives was selected the Spokesperson of that revered 9th House, not by mistake but after a thorough scrutiny by…
The Spokesperson of the House of Representatives and Member is the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu joined other elected members of the National Assembly as they received their certificate of Return from the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) The certificate presentation event held at the International Conference Center today Wednesday, March 8, 2023 where the INEC National Commissioner Festus Okoye Presented the Certificates to him. Rep. Kalu secured his reelection to the House of Reps after he was declared winner at the polls on the 25th of February 2023 where he garnered over 10,000 votes to defeat the LP…
Let me start by first congratulating you on your well-deserved victory at the polls, and again to say it came to pass; an assertion that’s been tested several times and has recently been proven by your victory. Therefore, to accord you titles like ‘Destiny Child’, ‘Covenant Child’, ‘Atakata Agbufuo’, and ‘Olile Anya Ndi Abia’, is not a mere bootlicking but a validation from years of close assessment of your attributes and personality. You’re a very consummate and sagacious politician who does not take anybody for granted, irrespective of the person’s status. You are not among those flippant political turncoat who has…