The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has explained that the rice that he shared with the people of Abia State at his country home, Igbere, on January 1–13, 2024, was from his OUK Foundation and not from the Nigerian Senate.
Clearing the air about the controversy over the source of the shared items, the former Abia State governor, via his official Facebook page on Sunday, declared that he shared the New Year palliatives out of his own volition and the love he has for the people and the less privileged in society.
While speaking to the OUK Media team, Kalu further stated that the kind gesture was made 38 years ago, when he had not joined politics.
According to the former governor, I can confirm to you that the rice shared in Igbere carrying my picture is the normal rice from the Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation.
I have been sharing it with people since 1986, and we used to share it with the whole state, Abia North, Central, and South, and we also share it with the less privileged in other parts of the country.
“So, it’s not rice from the Nigerian Senate. Today is January 14, 2024; if we will collect rice for December 2023, I don’t know, unless we are collecting it tomorrow. For now, I haven’t collected any rice from the 10th Senate.
“If the Senate will bring rice, maybe it will still come tomorrow or next tomorrow. So, I want to re-confirm to you and the people of our constituency that the rice is not from the federal government.
We have shared with some communities what the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave them, and it’s a different ballgame from what I have shared.
The rice shared with my pictures is written OUK MOVEMENT NIGERIA. That’s what I have shared with all the communities, some parts of my constituency, and major parts of Abia State.”
The former Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Orji Kalu, shared over 30,000 bags of rice, 10,000 bags of beans, and 10,000 bags of garri within the said period.
Kalu also gave out four Hilux vans to police and vigilantes in Isuikwuato, Ohafia, and Igbere LGAs in Abia North Zone for effective security surveillance of his constituents.
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