By Odimegwu Onwumere
Anyone who has taken a keen study of the
former Governor of Abia State and the President Slok Group, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu,
will attest to the fact that the mature man, who has achieved majority of the
things that a normal human being is expected to achieve before he was 40, is a
great hero.
This is a man who has sojourned on the
paths of great hitches and loads to become the envy he is today. Hardly would
many survive in the politics of over-the-rivers and the woods that are played
in Nigeria, but here is Kalu still waxing stronger, after being betrayed by
many he trusted.
Those that are closer to Kalu say that he
is humble to the earth, not minding the ubiquitous accolades and powers that
follow him anywhere he went. His name and personality resonate positively
beyond the West. He has become a hero before he became significant in the murky
political waters that characterize the country.
The most mind-blowing is that his friends
and associates say that his type of leading-actor does not know class and does
not segregate. Attesting to this, they say that Kalu is a super-hero, because
he does anything positive within his reach, to make the world a better place
than he met it.
Kalu talks about goals and refutes
dreaming like most people are inadvertently or intentionally subjected to. He
is admired by millions of people across all the walks of life, because he is a
soldier of good fights and does not shy away from airing his views pointblank.
His voice laced with truth is like a gunshot, especially in Nigeria, where
people preferred to maintain quietness in the face of totalitarianism.
Different people have different standards
with which they measure Kalu. To many, he is a hero, because he does things
which people recognize and that which majority of the people lacks the
qualities to do. In many people’s closets, without doubt, they want to be like
Kalu.
It is aplomb to be satisfied with him. In
the work, “Tomorrow, When the War Began” John Marsden writes: The Bible
just said ‘Thou shalt not kill’, then told hundreds of stories of people
killing each other and becoming heroes, like David with Goliath… Kalu is not
this type of heroes!
One of the things that make Kalu a hero is
that he is always thinking 10 minutes ahead of the time. It is only the jealous
person or do-nothing that would say that heroes do not exist; here is one in
Kalu. One thing again that puts Kalu out among the many heroes in the world is
that he goes out and speaks unaided.
A look at him sends a message of how sweet
and splendid the world goes, no matter certain sorrows that go together with
human existence. One unique aspect of his fame is that he is garnering it while
alive and will not fade anything he is old enough and goes to the great beyond.
He is one man who has been receiving
admiration in this generation and will not be despised in the next generation.
Where is the man that spreads his broad and large heart across all divides of
human undertakings if not Kalu? A thing with him is that he allows many people
who are closer to him to be famous, unlike many in his class that would want to
be the only masquerade on the stage, except they exited.
It is overwhelming that the world has
produced a man like Kalu in this generation. He exudes the bravery, potency,
goodness, and is ever ready to withstand hard-times. He is not a product of
murkiness, but of natural manifestation. He is a leading provider to humanity
and their services. His, is not self-elevating.
Few people might argue that he is not a
hero, but on a truly fair or impartial trial, he is. It is the wish of many
that he continues to be fit in order to manage the classified networks of
positive change he has been creating for long periods of time, which have
hatched credible things, pleasant things that belong in and to the public
sphere-of-influence.
He may not have won the appellation of his
political rivals, but his efforts in bettering the environment he found
himself, have never gone unnoticed. This is evident from Sokoto to Lokoja, from
Abia to Abuja. Kalu is a mighty man in battle, a public figure, a man of the
people, a man who heeds to his conscience and gives priority to the common
people in the society.
No matter how anybody feels about Kalu, he
understands the policies and programmes that govern mankind and, keep to them.
These have kept him safe and, been keeping him safe.
Odimegwu
Onwumere,
a Poet/Writer, writes from Rivers State.
Tel:
+2348032552855
Email:
apoet_25@yahoo.com
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