Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu yesterday formally received a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Cosmos Ndukwe into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The event took place in Ward C, Akanu Item in Awuja Automous Community, Item, Bende local government area of Abia State during Kalu’s tour of electoral wards in his Bende federal constituency.
Speaking at the event, the deputy speaker applauded Ndukwe’s decision to join the APC, stressing that the party under President Bola Tinubu was determined to develop the South East region.
Recalling the signing into law of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill, Kalu said t President Tinubu has done what the previous Presidents of Nigeria could not do for the region.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Levinus Nwabughiogu, the deputy speaker called on the people to continue to support the APC administration, assuring that the President will do more for them.
