(1960-04-21) 21 April 1960 (age 63) Abia State, Nigeria
Political party
All Progressives Congress
Education
Bachelor of Arts degree
Alma mater
Abia State University
Occupation
Politician Businessperson
Orji Uzor Kalu (born 21 April 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who is the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District.[1] He served as governor of Abia State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. Kalu is the chairman of SLOK Holding and the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria.[2]
Prior to his election, he served as the chairman of the Borno Water Board and the chairman of the Cooperative and Commerce Bank Limited. Kalu was also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and the chairman of the PPA Board of Trustees. He was the party's presidential candidate in the April 2007 general election.[3] He is currently a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) after he officially announced his resignation as the PPA BOT chair.
Orji Uzor Kalu contested in the 2019 Nigerian general election to represent the people of Abia North in the senate, running under the banner of All Progressives Congress. He defeated the incumbent senator Mao Ohuabunwa with over 10,000 votes.[4][5]
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OrjiUzorKalu (born 21 April 1960) is a Nigerian politician and businessman who is the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District. He served...
servant, and served as the chief of staff to Abia State Governor OrjiUzorKalu. Orji before becoming the governor of Abia State was formerly a career...
Abia State Theodore Orji on local government and chieftaincy affairs, and later as a Local Government Chairman under OrjiUzorKalu before becoming the...
Ajobena was appointed its first governor. Three governors OrjiUzorKalu (1999–2007), Theodore Orji (2007–2015) and Okezie Ikpeazu (2015–2023) served for...
transition to democracy in 1998. In 1999, Nigeria returned to democracy, and OrjiUzorKalu was elected governor on the platform of the People's Democratic Party...
Abia State in August 1998, handing over power to the civilian governor OrjiUzorKalu in May 1999. Obi was born on 13 January 1952. He inherited problems...
were announced with Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi (APC-Kebbi North) and OrjiUzorKalu (APC-Abia North) becoming Majority Leader and Majority Whip, respectively...
December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2022. Nosa Igiebor, ed. (2004). "The Fixing of Kalu". Tell Magazine. No. 18. Tell Communications Limited. "The Face of Shame"...
Onu in three years". Premium Times. Retrieved January 29, 2019. "Abia: Orji's shoes are big but I'll run faster — Ikpeazu". Vanguard Newspapers. 2 March...
F.C., a Nigerian football (soccer) club which played under the name OrjiUzorKalu F.C. between 2005 and 2010 Open University of Kaohsiung, a university...
Integrated Mortgage Co. Abaribe became Abia State's Deputy Governor after OrjiUzorKalu's 1999 election to the Governorship. The state's House of Assembly impeached...
Mao Ohuabunwa lost by 16% in the North District to former Governor OrjiUzorKalu (APC). This result was the clearest example of the APC's gains in the...
political and socio-cultural issues. The New Telegraph is chaired by Dr. OrjiUzorKalu and features prominent domestic and foreign columnists, including human...
[citation needed] They originally enjoyed the support of the governor, OrjiUzorKalu. He appreciated the effectiveness of the group in combating the crimes...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in a post election legal battle. On 18 August 2010, Orji again named him as deputy governor to succeed Chris Akomas. Nwakanma nursed...
For example, he intervened in a dispute between Abia State governor OrjiUzorKalu and Tony Anenih, Chairman of the People's Democratic Party Board of...
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