Born
21st of April, 1960
Mr
Orji
Uzor
Kalu
Orji Uzor Kalu was born in April 21, 1960 to the family of Mr. Johnson Uzor Nesiegbe Kalu and Mrs Eunice Kalu. He is the chairman of SLOK Holding and the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria, who served as the governor of Abia State, Nigeria from May 29, 1999, to May 29, 2007. Prior to his election, he served as the chairman of the Borno Water Board and the chairman of the Cooperative and Commerce Bank Limited. Kalu was also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) and the chairman of the PPA Board of Trustees. He was the party's presidential candidate in the April 2007 general election.[1] He is currently a member of the ruling party after he officially announced his resignation as a PPA BOT.
Orji Uzor Kalu contested in the 2019 Nigerian general election to represent the people of Abia North in the senate, running under the banner of All Progressives Congress. He defeated the incumbent senator Mao Ohuabunwa with over 10,000 votes
Marital Status
- Married
Name of Spouse
Ifeoma Ada Menakaya
State of Origin:
Abia State
Father's Name
Mr. Johnson Uzor Nesiegbe Kalu
Father's Status
N/A
Mother's Name
Mrs. Eunice Uzor Kalu
Mother's Status
N/A
four children
Profession
Politician , Industrialist , Administrator
Working Experience
Chairman SLOK Holding Chairman Daily Sun Chairman First International Bank Limited Chairman New Telegraph
Founder/CEO, The Sun Newspaper The Telegraph Newspaper First International Bank (in Gambia) International Insurance Company Slok International (logistics) Happy Home Furniture Limited Neya Nigeria Limited (Metal recycling) Bende Export (agro-product sourcing) Slok Nigeria Limited (Import & export, and shipping) Sun Heaven Hotels And Resorts Mak Travels Agency Limited Slok Energy Limited
Bsc. in Political Science.
Christ the King School Aba and Government College, Umuahia; Barewa College, Zaria; University of Maiduguri
Tertiary
Former Governor, Abia State (1999-2007), People’s Democratic Party , Senator Abia North,all progressive congress.
Alive
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