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HOT NEWS: SEN. ORJI KALU REVEALS HOW HE PROVIDED LAND FOR RUGA IN ABIA STATE (READ DETAIL)

Afnews Editor

Jul 12, 2019

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The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has revealed that he pioneered "RugaÔÇØ in Abia State when he governed the state between 1999 to 2007.

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The lawmaker, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, at an interaction with the Senate Press Corps on Friday in Abuja, stressed that as governor, he provided land for Fulani settlement in Umuahia.

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"I provided land for herders in Umuahia during my time as governor of Abia State where cattle were brought from the North for sale across the South-East and there were no problems.

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"When the executive of Miyetti Allah approached my government, I chose where Shopite is located now for them along the Port Harcourt expressway.

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"One day, I took a 32-seater bus and I asked their Executives to follow me to where I showed them and they agreed that it was appropriate for them and that was how I established RUGA.ÔÇØ

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The Chief Whip also revealed that he trades in cows, saying that cow business is profiteering.

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According to him, many Nigerian elite have cows and they are interested in that business, adding that it was wrong for people to see cow business as exclusively that of the Fulani.

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Source: Daily Post

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