Orji Uzor Kalu ,Senate Chief Whip and former governor of Abia State says he will build a 20th century economy in Nigeria if Nigerians make him President in 2023.
The former Governor said this on a programme at a radio station in Umuahia, Abia State capital while speaking on his presidential ambition in 2023.
According to him, he is more than capable to do the job of a president.
"Yes, if you give me the presidency,why not, I will take. I am capable of doing the job.
The problem is who is capable of doing the job. For now, I am focusing on my constituency; there is a lot of job to be done.
If you give me opportunity, I will like to go back to the Senate for a second term,but if the people of Nigeria want me to be president,they will show the hand. I can do the job. I can build a 20th century economy for our people." Kalu said.
Recall that after a private visit to former military leaders, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, in Minna,on Monday,August 31, Kalu told newsmen that he would not hesitate to serve as Nigeria's president if given the opportunity by the electorate.
In December 2019, Kalu was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted for N7.1bn fraud alongside his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited , and a former Director of Finance during his tenure as governor, Ugo Udeogu.
The supreme Court on May 8,2020 upturned Kalu and Udeogu's conviction on grounds that the presiding judge, Justice Mohammed Idris,lacked the jurisdiction to have presided over their case. He was released from Kuje prison on June 3,2020.
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