Orji Uzor Kalu Defends Tinubu Amid Bishops Controversy
Orji Uzor Kalu, Senator representing Abia North, says President Bola Tinubu is not responsible for Nigeria's hardship, insisting that the Orji Uzor Kalu-Tinubu bishops' exchange should be read as an act of guidance rather than an attack. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria visited Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on July 28, where they raised concerns about the economy, insecurity, and the country's political climate. Afterward, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, revealed on Arise Television's Prime Time that Tinubu firmly disagreed with the bishops' assessment. "When the nation is bleeding, you cannot expect a polite meeting with the Head of State. We told him the economy is not helping our poor people; he told us the economy is doing fine. Frankly speaking, he told us quite clearly that he did not agree with us," Onaiyekan said. Reacting in a video that quickly went viral, Kalu argu...
