{"id":58841,"date":"2025-01-02T20:07:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58841"},"modified":"2025-01-02T20:07:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:07:53","slug":"tinubu-committed-to-tackling-hunger-in-nigeria-says-uzor-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/02\/tinubu-committed-to-tackling-hunger-in-nigeria-says-uzor-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Committed to Tackling Hunger in Nigeria, Says Uzor-Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu<\/p>\n<p>Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, former Governor of Abia State, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is determined to address the nation\u2019s hunger crisis through bold economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During a New Year visit to Ebonyi APC Chairman Stanley Okoro-Emegha, Kalu urged Nigerians to remain patient as Tinubu\u2019s administration implements reforms aimed at fostering economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President is making courageous decisions to reset the economy. Personally, I might not have the bravery to take such steps,\u201d Kalu said, acknowledging the current hardships while expressing optimism for a brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Okoro-Emegha as his &#8220;political son,&#8221; Kalu praised their long-standing relationship dating back to his tenure as Abia Governor (1999\u20132007). Okoro-Emegha expressed gratitude for the visit and reaffirmed their enduring bond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kalu\u2019s comments come amid Tinubu\u2019s ongoing economic reforms to address the challenges facing Nigeria, with a focus on alleviating hunger and fostering development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, former Governor of Abia State, has assured Nigerians that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is determined to address the nation\u2019s hunger crisis through bold economic policies. &nbsp; During a New Year visit to Ebonyi APC Chairman Stanley Okoro-Emegha, Kalu urged Nigerians to remain patient as Tinubu\u2019s administration implements reforms aimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58843,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58841\/revisions\/58843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}