Retirement from partisan politics notwithstanding, I’ll show interest in national issues – Anenih

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Chief Tony Anenih

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*Tells PDP not to be embarrassed if he visits Buhari, Osinbajo

A former Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said his withdrawal from active partisan politics notwithstanding that he will still show interest in issues affecting the nation.

Anenih, who said this while receiving the Professor Jerry Gana-led PDP Strategy Review and Inter-Party Affairs Committee in his Abuja residence on Monday said, “I will still show more than a passing interest in issues affecting the nation even though last year, I announced my withdrawal from active partisan politics.”

The Gana-led PDP committee’s mission was to present to him a copy of its report.

The former BoT chairman said the PDP and its leaders should not be embarrassed if they see him embark on visits to either President Muhammadu Buhari or Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to rub minds on issues of national interest.

He restated his position that he would no longer be available for night political meetings but would not be hesitant to offer advice to the PDP if the party leaders decide to tap from his wealth of experience.

He chided some PDP leaders promoting selfish interests, saying “PDP is where it is today because of selfishness on the part of its leaders, a vast majority of whom want to be either presidential candidate or national chairman of the party.”

Anenih also upbraided those who benefited the PDP but later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that was not the best was to reward a party that offered them its platform to actualize their aspirations.

“I believe in consistency.  I joined party politics in 1978 and since then, I have never left any party that I joined for another. It is very shameful that people would do that, particularly those who had benefitted so much from the PDP,” he said.

He, however, wished the party well in its current effort to reorganize itself, saying “PDP has a chance to bounce back.”


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