{"id":164567,"date":"2025-05-27T21:58:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu"},"modified":"2025-05-27T23:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T22:15:14","slug":"nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, who is the senator representing the Abia North senatorial district in the National Assembly, stated this while hailing the policies of President Bola Tinubu and highlighting reasons why Nigerians would vote for him for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker attended the Senate plenary on Tuesday dressed in an attire embellished with a proclamation of Tinubu\u2019s 2027 presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing reporters after the plenary, Kalu pointed to the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira as the two major achievements of Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that although these policies have brought hardship and suffering to Nigerians, there were hopes of things getting better in a matter of two years.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cDown the line, people are still suffering, yes, I agree with that. So I\u2019m hoping that in the next two, three years, the policies of Mr President will trickle down, and Nigerians will appreciate what Mr President is doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a sycophant. This is the first president (Tinubu) who stopped the subsidy and the first who merged the dollar. That\u2019s why we are suffering; Nigerians are not used to working hard. We are used to getting cheap money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. Kalu, who is the senator representing the Abia North senatorial district in the National Assembly, stated this while hailing the policies of President Bola Tinubu and highlighting reasons why Nigerians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,1672],"class_list":["post-164567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-orji-kalu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"orji kalu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\",\"name\":\"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu - Nigeria","description":"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu","og_description":"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu","datePublished":"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu"},"wordCount":237,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg","keywords":["Nigeria","orji kalu"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu","name":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-27T20:58:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-27T22:15:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that Nigerians do not like working hard to earn their money. ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748371572.669073.jpg","width":1280,"height":1000,"caption":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerians-not-used-to-working-hard-orji-kalu#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigerians not used to working hard \u2013 Orji Kalu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}