Do Not Waste Your Votes Just To Prove A Point – Benjamin Kalu Urges Igbos To Back Tinubu

The deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged Igbo people to support the re-election bid of President Bola Tinubu.

Kalu, who represents Bende Federal Constituency, stated this during a series of courtesy visits across the three senatorial zones of Abia State, Abia North, Central and Abia South.

He argued that the shortest route to the emergence of an Igbo president lies in building strong political alliances, particularly by supporting the South West.

He reiterated the call of Tinubu for leaders of All Progressives Congress (APC) to intensify engagement with party stakeholders.

In Abia North, the lawmaker paid a courtesy visit to former Senate Chief Whip and former governor of Abia state, Senator Orji Kalu, at Abia Central, he met with Senator John Bob Nwannunu, while in Abia South, he visited former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Hallmark Bank and APC chieftain, Mac Wabara.

The lawmaker urged Igbo people to be strategic and pragmatic in their political choices, stressing that votes should be invested, not wasted.

Kalu charged party stakeholders to immediately intensify grassroots mobilization and strategic engagement to ensure a resounding victory for the party in the 2027 general elections.

He declared that the era of merely negotiating for 25 percent votes for the president in Abia State is over, stressing that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state now has the structure, momentum and political capital to deliver outright victory.

He said, “…I want us to remember that this president has shown leadership. The policies were tough but the president was steadfast, courageous in his policies. He defended those policies, stood by them, today we have started benefiting from those policies.

“So, any man who did this is supposed to be praised, and I am happy that it is the government of APC that made this happen. Igbos, let us invest our votes. Igbos, let us not waste our votes. The time of wasting our votes just to prove a point, sentimental point is gone. What you play politics with is numbers, not how sentimental you were.

“If you carry your vote and dump it where it does not count toward success, you have wasted your opportunity to go to the negotiation table and ask for what you have invested in. Why do we ask for dividends if we have not made any investments? There is no company in this world that will pay you dividends when you have not made any investments.

“The time of the investment has come, in the next few months we’ll be expected to make investments. Are we going to make investments or are we going to waste investments? The vote we have in our hands is the currency for investments.

“When the time comes, I plead with the Igbos let your votes count, not because it is not going to be counted, or because it was given where it would not drive success, know that as it is today, in the political calculation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is where we will invest our votes and it will count.”