{"id":242793,"date":"2026-05-06T02:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/onuigbo-celebrates-deputy-speaker-kalu-on-birthday-commends-leadership\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T02:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T02:28:35","slug":"onuigbo-celebrates-deputy-speaker-kalu-on-birthday-commends-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/onuigbo-celebrates-deputy-speaker-kalu-on-birthday-commends-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Onuigbo Celebrates Deputy Speaker Kalu on Birthday, Commends Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former lawmaker, Sam Onuigbo, has extended birthday greetings to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, praising his leadership and contributions to both party and nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a goodwill message issued on Tuesday, Onuigbo described Kalu\u2019s birthday as a moment to celebrate a life devoted to public service. He highlighted the Deputy Speaker\u2019s influence within the APC in <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/abia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abia <\/a>State and across Nigeria, noting his role in strengthening the party\u2019s structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Onuigbo commended Kalu for what he called his courage, vision, and steadfast commitment to duty, particularly in advancing legislative excellence and promoting unity within party ranks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He added that Kalu\u2019s leadership style has continued to inspire confidence among party members and key stakeholders, contributing to improved governance and stronger party cohesion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The former lawmaker also offered prayers for the Deputy Speaker\u2019s continued wisdom, strength, and good health, expressing optimism that he would achieve even greater milestones in service to the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Onuigbo concluded by conveying his heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Kalu on the occasion of his birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former lawmaker, Sam Onuigbo, has extended birthday greetings to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, praising his leadership and contributions to both party and nation. In a goodwill message issued on Tuesday, Onuigbo described Kalu\u2019s birthday as a moment to celebrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":242794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FB_IMG_1778009647847.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}