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Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu

Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is a former two-term Governor of Nigeria’s Abia State and previously, a 2014 Senatorial candidate for its Abia North district. He is presently shortlisted on Africa’s Wealthiest individuals by Forbes Magazine and remains Chairman of SLOK Group Nigeria, a multinational organization he founded. The views expressed are his own.

Intelligence Needed to Combat Terror in Nigeria’s ‘Home of Peace’

NIGERIA stands at the doorstep of dynamic change. It is the principal oil producer in Africa and the world’s fourth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas. In fact, it hosts the greatest natural gas reserves on the continent, coupled with a budding telecommunications sector and a steadily rising agribusiness industry (with 80% of its land arable for continued cultivation). Importantly, the nation is further blessed with human capital and from it, future potential.

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