Senator Orji Uzor Kalu is a Nigerian Politician and a businessperson. He is the Current Chief Whip of the 9th Senate of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Orji Kalu was born to the family of Mr. Johnson Uzor Nesiegbe Kalu and Mrs Eunice Kalu on 21 April 1960.
He attended Christ the King school Aba and Government College Umuahia. After studying at Barewa College, Zaria, he enrolled in the University of Maiduguri where he studied Political science, During his time at the University, Kalu became a student activist and participated in the “Ali Must Go” riots against the Education Minister.
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His participation resulted in his suspension while his fellow students later took the school Authorities to Court, Kalu left school to build his own business.
With only 35 dollar to his name that he had, borrowed from his Mother, Kalu started trading Palm Oil, first buying the Oil from Nigeria’s Eastern region and then selling it in the Country’s northern regions. He then began buying and reselling furniture on large Scale.
Kalu eventually established SLOK Holding, a Conglomerate that would consist of a number of Successful Companies, Including the Furniture Company,SLOK Nigeria Limited, SLOK United Kingdom Limited, Adamawa Publishers Limited, SLOK Vegetable Oil Aba , SLOK paper Factory Aba, SLOK United States Incorporated,SLOK Ghana, Togo ,Cotonou, Guinea,South Africa,Liberia, Botswana, SLOK Korea, Supreme Oil Limited, SLOK Airlines, Sun Publishing Limited, and First International Bank Limited.
Kalu became the youngest Nigerian to receive the National Merit Award from President Ibrahim Babangida, at the age of 26 in 1986. He was selected as the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Industrialist of the year, an awarded the Humanitarian Award of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka’s Humanitarian Club, the Volunteer Award of the International Association of Volunteers, the National Merit Award, the EU Special Award in Brussels,and the World Bank Leon Suilivan Award.
Kalu headed first International Bank Limited at the age of 33. He also stewarded Nigerian Commercial relations with China’s Sino Pacific Shipbuilding Company while serving as a Principal of SLOK Holding.
Kalu is the Chairman of the Daily Sun, a Nigerian daily print newspaper founded and published in Ikeja, Lagos Nigerian. The newspaper had a daily circulation of 130,000 copies as of 2011, and 135,000 for weekend titles with an average of go percent sales. The Daily Sun was the highest selling newspaper in Nigeria.
The Daily Sun was incorporated on 29 March 2001 and began Production as weekly Newspapers on 18 January 2003, and as a daily Newspaper on 16 June 2003. The Newspaper is similar in formate to The Sun in the United Kingdom.
Kalu is also the chairman of New Telegraph, with a Circulation of 100,000 copies per day.
He became the Governor of Abia State in 1999 and was re-elected as Governor in 2003.
Kalu got married to his Beautiful wife, Mrs Ifeoma Kalu in December 1989, their marriage is with four Children.
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Sen. Kalu is a good Philanthropist, he has helped many Nigerians to become Millionaires both in Business and Politics.
His foundation by His name Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation has Contributed to national development.
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