Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, says if he’s elected Nigeria’s president in 2023, he will build a 20th century economy for the country.
But the world is currently in the 21st century.
The Sun reports that Kalu said this on a programme at a radio station in Umuahia, Abia State capital, while speaking on his presidential ambition in 2023.
The former governor boasted that he had the capability to serve as Nigeria’s President.
Kalu said, “Yes, if you give me the presidency, why not, I will take. I am capable of doing the job.
“The problem is who is capable of doing the job. For now, I am focusing on my constituency; there is a lot of job to be done.
“If you give me opportunity, I will like to go back to the Senate for a second term, but if the people of Nigeria want me to be president, they will show the hand. I can do the job. I can build a 20th century economy for our people.”
Kalu said he would be glad to serve as president if given the opportunity by the Nigerian electorate in 2023.
In December 2019, a Federal High Court in Lagos convicted the former Abia governor of money laundering to the tune of N7.1 billion while in office.
Kalu was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in June after spending five months in prison.