BENJAMIN OKEZIE KALU: FROM BENDE TO THE WORLD

A Chronicle of Parliamentary Diplomacy
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By Sam Hart
There is a certain kind of representation that begins at home but refuses to be confined by geography.
It begins with a constituency, in this case, Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, but expands into the national arena, across Africa and ultimately into the rooms where legislators from around the world debate peace, trade, development, security and the future of multilateralism.
That is the international parliamentary journey of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Ph.D, CFR, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria....