The Chief of Staff to the President, Rt.Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has enjoined Abia All Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders to work assiduously to make the party the number one in the South East.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Levinus Nwabughiogu, the Chief of Staff made the call on Saturday when he received Abia APC stakeholders in his house on a thank-you visit on the election of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives and other Abia indigenes which included Rt. Hon. Nkiruka Onyejiocha, the incoming minister of State for Labour and Employment and Rt. Hon. Sam Onuigbo who was appointed a member of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) by President Tinubu.
According to the statement, Gbajabiamila who was surprised to see a large turnout of Abia APC leaders assured that the doors of the Federal Government under President Tinubu were open to them at all times.
Earlier in their separate remarks, the statement continues, the stakeholders through their leaders, Senator Adighije, Senator Nkechi Nwogu, the former minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Nwogu and a member of APC National Caucus, Chief Sam Nkire expressed gratitude to Gbajabiamila for facilitating Kalu’s election, the appointment of Onyejiocha and Onuigbo amongst others.
While applauding Gbajabiamila for mentoring Kalu, the leaders recalled with nostalgia that the mentorship started in the early days of 9th House of Representatives when the Chief of Staff as the then speaker gave Kalu the opportunity to move the first motion on during the plenary session.
They said it was no surprise that Gbajabiamila later appointed Kalu the spokesman of the House, a position, they said prepared him for his current office.
The leaders also appealed to the Chief of Staff to use his good office to attract more appointments for both the state and the region, pledging their loyalty to the Tinubu led government.
