Author: Drum Africa

House Spokesperson and member representing Bende Federal Constituency today led a debate for a Constitution Alteration bill moving correctional (prison) services from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent legislative list. The bill, with long title, “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Second Schedule to the Constitution to Remove prison from the Exclusive List; to Provide for the Establishment of Correctional Centres in the Concurrent List; and for Related Matters” faced a brief opposition from 3 members of the House, but eventually scaled second reading and has been referred to the Constitutional Review Committee of the House for…

House Spokesperson and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency has felicitated with Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu on his birthday. In a celebratory statement, the representative referred to Chief Mascot Kalu as a compassionate man whose passion to serve humanity is his driving force. Read the message below; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2021 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIEF MASCOT UZOR KALU On behalf of my family and the people of Bende Federal Constituency, I celebrate my very good friend, brother and best man at my wedding, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu a.k.a Papasirea (Nwa Aba), former Chief of Staff, founder Mascot Uzor Kalu Foundation,…

House Spokesperson and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency has hailed Dr. Alex Otti as a passionate statesman. He said this in a message to the former gubernatorial candidate where he wished him a happy birthday. Read the message below FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2021 HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. ALEX OTTI For myself and on behalf of the entire people of Bende Federal Constituency, I am delighted to celebrate the distinguished Dr. Alex Otti, whose birth on this day, several years ago, graced the world with a courageous and passionate statesman; a man continues to represent in his concern for Abia,…

House Spokesperson and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency has congratulated Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her historic appointment as new Director-General of WTO. In his congratulatory letter, he hailed her as a jinx breaker and inspiration to Nigerians. He expressed optimism that her new role would be supportive to Africa’s efforts to implement AfCFTA. Read the letter below; February 15, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Congratulations to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment as WTO DG It is my pleasure to heartily congratulate Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her historic appointment as the first female and first African Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Okonjo-Iweala’s…

House Spokesperson and Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, on Monday, revalidated his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The revalidation exercise was carried out at the Agbamuzu Hall, Bende Town, in Bende LGA of Abia State and was witnessed by the Abia APC National Registration and Revalidation committee, chaired by Ambassador Bala Mohammed Maigairi among other party leaders and stakeholders in the state. Speaking after revalidating his membership of APC, Rep. Benjamin Kalu commended the party leadership for their commitment to this exercise, seizing the opportunity to call on Bende indigenes across the various wards to…

Rep. Benjamin Kalu, member representing Bende Federal Constituency, has assured women of Uzuakoli of his support in their demands for better electricity supply to Uzuakoli. Recall that the women, today, protested against Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) for indiscriminate billing and lack of power supply to communities in Uzuakoli. In a statement released from his office, Rep. Kalu commended the women for conducting themselves peacefully and assured the that he would do all within his power to ensure the EEDC delivers better power supply to Uzuakoli. Read the statement below: February 11, 2021 Press Release UZUAKOLI WOMEN PROTEST BILLING…

In a statement released by his office yesterday, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, member representing Bende federal constituency in the House of Representative, welcomed the Amb. Bala Mohammed led APC registration and revalidation committee to Abia state ahead of the party registration exercise set to commence today. Emphasizing that structures had been set up to enable a hitch free registration and revaluation exercise, the Spokesperson of the House called on party members to continue the sensitization tour across Bende and Abia state. Regarding the performance of the party in the state, the statement pointed out that a lot has been achieved by…

February 1, 2021 PRESS RELEASE Alleged Invasion by Herdsmen and the attack in Bende My attention has been brought to the recent skirmish that took place around Ozuitem in Bende Federal Constituency which resulted in the injury of a Fulani herdsman and affected 15 livestock. As with violence of any kind, I strongly condemn this attack. It is antithetical to the tenets and tradition of the peace-loving people of Bende. I therefore ask every community leader and member not to support this act of violence and to be wary of mischievous or unscrupulous elements around who may wish to instigate…

Member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has met with the top hierarchy of Abia state Police Command as well as the Department of State Service over alleged invasion of the constituency by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Drum Africa gathered that there were mild disturbances between the locals of a community in the constituency and the herders, a situation that left one person injured and about 15 livestock. Hon. Kalu who is the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives said the aim of the visit was to forestall further disagreement between host communities and the herders and to create room…

Hon. Benjamin Kalu, member representing Bende Federal Constituency has described the men and women of the Armed Forces as extraordinary men and women who risk life and limb every day to preserve our hard-won independence and our cherished democracy. He said this in a message released to celebrate the Armed Forces Remembrance Day. In his statement, Hon. Kalu also pledged to support to all advocacies, motions or bills that will better the lots of the armed forces. Read the message below; January 15, 2021 Press Release ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY 2021 Today we remember the men and women of the…