{"id":171916,"date":"2025-07-31T17:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T17:56:04","slug":"eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president","title":{"rendered":"ECK Foundation Leader Kalu Supports Atiku for President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President of ECK Foundation, Dr Emeka Kalu, has said he is supporting Atiku Abubakar\u2019s presidential ambition in the 2027 election because he (Atiku) is a detribalised Nigerian and has the necessary experience to take the country out of the present economic and security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu spoke in a statement on Thursday, citing Atiku\u2019s experience and tenacity as key factors that will give him the edge over President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that supporting Atiku could be a strategic move for the South-East, potentially paving the way for Peter Obi in the future and giving the Igbo a say in Nigeria\u2019s power dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The ECK Foundation president also noted that Atiku had the political ability to foster relationships across Nigeria\u2019s diverse regions, stressing that this made him an ideal candidate to unify the country.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that Atiku\u2019s national appeal could bring people together, transcending ethnic and political divides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Atiku presidency will lead to significant advancements in investment, infrastructure, security and will ultimately revitalise Nigeria\u2019s crumbling economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, Atiku is a detribalised Nigerian who can bring people together. It is regrettable that ethnic tensions have plagued Nigeria\u2019s political landscape for a long time,\u201d he said.<\/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. President of ECK Foundation, Dr Emeka Kalu, has said he is supporting Atiku Abubakar\u2019s presidential ambition in the 2027 election because he (Atiku) is a detribalised Nigerian and has the necessary experience to take the country out of the present economic and security challenges. Kalu spoke in a statement on Thursday, citing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[316,1235,254],"class_list":["post-171916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-atiku","tag-kalu","tag-nigeria"],"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>ECK Foundation Leader Kalu Supports Atiku for President - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President of ECK Foundation, Dr Emeka Kalu, has said he is supporting Atiku Abubakar\u2019s presidential ambition in the 2027 ...\" \/>\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\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ECK Foundation Leader Kalu Supports Atiku for President\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President of ECK Foundation, Dr Emeka Kalu, has said he is supporting Atiku Abubakar\u2019s presidential ambition in the 2027 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T16:13:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-31T17:56:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753971808.444493.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ECK Foundation Leader Kalu Supports Atiku for President\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-31T16:13:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-31T17:56:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753971808.444493.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atiku\",\"Kalu\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/eck-foundation-leader-kalu-supports-atiku-for-president\",\"name\":\"ECK Foundation Leader Kalu Supports Atiku for President - 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