The Chief Whip of the Nigerian
Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has revealed
that he pioneered “Ruga” in Abia State when he governed the state between 1999
to 2007.
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.
“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.
“When the executive of Miyetti
Allah approached my government, I chose where Shopite is located now for them
along the Port Harcourt expressway.
“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.”
The Chief Whip also revealed that
he trades in cows, saying that cow business is profiteering.
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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