The Chief Whip of Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that money was not a motivation for his active participation in politics.
He said Nigerians thought he was into money rituals because of a beautiful and costly car he bought in 1982.
Kalu, who was the governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007 in a Facebook post on Saturday, July 23, 2022 said that he bought the latest Mercedes Benz car in 1982 for which people thought he was into money rituals at the time.“The then President Shehu Shagari was the only Nigerian using the same car as at that time,” he said.
“I recall that whenever I drove the car, some would look at it with admiration while a few were spreading rumors that I was into money rituals.”
Mr Kalu said Nigerians should “stop entertaining the blackmails” that money is motivating him in politics.
“If it’s actually about money as propagated, then I already have all I would ever need,” the senator said.
“While I was governor, I never bought a new home. I have lost more money being into politics. I took over from a military administrator and those who knew the condition of Abia before 1999 will have a better understanding of the level of work we did before leaving government in 2007.
“As of today, I can decide to even resign as a senator because I spend my private money to make up a lot of things while serving the people.
“Nigeria is unfortunately a country where people who have done no business except holding public office are hailed while those who have worked hard all their lives creating wealth and employing people are called names.”
Senator Kalu repeated what he often said in the past – that he bankrolled the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 with N500 million and also gave the PDP presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, N100 million.
“I became an employer of Labour at an early age and have steadily continued to be.I have worked hard all my life and the best you can do is to study people and try to be better than them . For the life we live is not for ourselves alone but for God and to then accommodate other people”.
The Chief Whip of Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that money was not a motivation for his active participation in politics.
He said Nigerians thought he was into money rituals because of a beautiful and costly car he bought in 1982.
Kalu, who was the governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007 in a Facebook post on Saturday, July 23, 2022 said that he bought the latest Mercedes Benz car in 1982 for which people thought he was into money rituals at the time.“The then President Shehu Shagari was the only Nigerian using the same car as at that time,” he said.
“I recall that whenever I drove the car, some would look at it with admiration while a few were spreading rumors that I was into money rituals.”
Mr Kalu said Nigerians should “stop entertaining the blackmails” that money is motivating him in politics.
“If it’s actually about money as propagated, then I already have all I would ever need,” the senator said.
“While I was governor, I never bought a new home. I have lost more money being into politics. I took over from a military administrator and those who knew the condition of Abia before 1999 will have a better understanding of the level of work we did before leaving government in 2007.
“As of today, I can decide to even resign as a senator because I spend my private money to make up a lot of things while serving the people.
“Nigeria is unfortunately a country where people who have done no business except holding public office are hailed while those who have worked hard all their lives creating wealth and employing people are called names.”
Senator Kalu repeated what he often said in the past – that he bankrolled the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 with N500 million and also gave the PDP presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, N100 million.
“I became an employer of Labour at an early age and have steadily continued to be.I have worked hard all my life and the best you can do is to study people and try to be better than them . For the life we live is not for ourselves alone but for God and to then accommodate other people”.
The Chief Whip of Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that money was not a motivation for his active participation in politics.
He said Nigerians thought he was into money rituals because of a beautiful and costly car he bought in 1982.
Kalu, who was the governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007 in a Facebook post on Saturday, July 23, 2022 said that he bought the latest Mercedes Benz car in 1982 for which people thought he was into money rituals at the time.“The then President Shehu Shagari was the only Nigerian using the same car as at that time,” he said.
“I recall that whenever I drove the car, some would look at it with admiration while a few were spreading rumors that I was into money rituals.”
Mr Kalu said Nigerians should “stop entertaining the blackmails” that money is motivating him in politics.
“If it’s actually about money as propagated, then I already have all I would ever need,” the senator said.
“While I was governor, I never bought a new home. I have lost more money being into politics. I took over from a military administrator and those who knew the condition of Abia before 1999 will have a better understanding of the level of work we did before leaving government in 2007.
“As of today, I can decide to even resign as a senator because I spend my private money to make up a lot of things while serving the people.
“Nigeria is unfortunately a country where people who have done no business except holding public office are hailed while those who have worked hard all their lives creating wealth and employing people are called names.”
Senator Kalu repeated what he often said in the past – that he bankrolled the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 with N500 million and also gave the PDP presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, N100 million.
“I became an employer of Labour at an early age and have steadily continued to be.I have worked hard all my life and the best you can do is to study people and try to be better than them . For the life we live is not for ourselves alone but for God and to then accommodate other people”.
The Chief Whip of Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has said that money was not a motivation for his active participation in politics.
He said Nigerians thought he was into money rituals because of a beautiful and costly car he bought in 1982.
Kalu, who was the governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007 in a Facebook post on Saturday, July 23, 2022 said that he bought the latest Mercedes Benz car in 1982 for which people thought he was into money rituals at the time.“The then President Shehu Shagari was the only Nigerian using the same car as at that time,” he said.
“I recall that whenever I drove the car, some would look at it with admiration while a few were spreading rumors that I was into money rituals.”
Mr Kalu said Nigerians should “stop entertaining the blackmails” that money is motivating him in politics.
“If it’s actually about money as propagated, then I already have all I would ever need,” the senator said.
“While I was governor, I never bought a new home. I have lost more money being into politics. I took over from a military administrator and those who knew the condition of Abia before 1999 will have a better understanding of the level of work we did before leaving government in 2007.
“As of today, I can decide to even resign as a senator because I spend my private money to make up a lot of things while serving the people.
“Nigeria is unfortunately a country where people who have done no business except holding public office are hailed while those who have worked hard all their lives creating wealth and employing people are called names.”
Senator Kalu repeated what he often said in the past – that he bankrolled the then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998 with N500 million and also gave the PDP presidential candidate, Olusegun Obasanjo, N100 million.
“I became an employer of Labour at an early age and have steadily continued to be.I have worked hard all my life and the best you can do is to study people and try to be better than them . For the life we live is not for ourselves alone but for God and to then accommodate other people”.
