Nkpa community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State has commended the rural developmental strides of the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Orji Uzor Kalu, describing it as unprecedented and revolutionary.
Representatives of the community, who made this known during the 2023 August meeting, saying the lawmaker had continued to deliver his promises in this regard with unbridled commitment and fervour.
The President General of Nkpa Development Union, Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Nwaji had while appreciating Senator Kalu for the distribution of educational materials to over 12 schools to the community, said prior to Senator Kalu’s emergence as the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, the community had not seen a lawmaker executing projects.
He expressed the gratitude of the community to the former Abia State Governor for the numerous dividends of democracy attracted by him to the community— which include: Provision of transformers, solar street lights, boreholes, and road constructions, saying the projects were bound to engender unprecedented economic and social development in the area, while boosting the lawmaker’s commitment to the development of the Senatorial District.
He pledged the “total” support of the community to the lawmaker, adding that the indigenes were prepared to take all necessary measures to ensure Senator Kalu’s success as the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District.
A resident of Nkpa Ukwu, Mrs Precious Nmereole said some of Senator Kalu’s projects have triggered economic development of the area.
“We thank Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for a loving leader and father. When he was governor of Abia State, our children enjoyed free education. Today, he is reconstructing our schools, giving our children free educational materials, sinking boreholes and reconstructing our roads with solar street lights. These projects have change our lives. We are grateful to him.”
Chief Jonah Ogbonna, a community leader from Nkpa said that the lawmaker had impacted on their lives significantly, saying: “I have had more sales at night because of the street lights from Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. It has also helped our community to be more secured. We appreciate Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for this gesture and so many other things he has done for Nkpa.”
