Monday, April 6, 2015

March 28, Presidential election, pride to Nigeria – Anenih

Executive of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, has depicted the presidential race which was lost by President Goodluck Jonathan on March 28, as a pride to Nigeria.
Chief Tony Anenih Anenih is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP. He took over from former President Olusegun Obasanjo who resigned from office because of some anomalies he noticed in the running of the party. The former Minister of Works who hails from the South-South, the same geopolitical zone with the President, has never hidden his support for Jonathan. Long ago, it was Anenih who first said it publicly that the President should be given an offer of first refusal as far as the party’s presidential candidacy is concerned. He wields no small influence in the Presidency.

He additionally said that Nigerians are expecting incredible things from the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.).


According to him,
“The 2015 Presidential Election, in which the incumbent President lost to the opposition, has become a source of pride to Nigeria.


“It has portrayed to the world that democracy in Nigeria compares to the best anywhere.”


The PDP BoT Chairman, in a two-page statement titled: “Marching on with Hope” and issued yesterday in Abuja, said: “A keenly contested Presidential Election, which many predicted would spell doom for Nigeria, has ended, gloriously, with everyone a winner.


“I congratulate the President-elect, Gen. Buhari, on his victory. Nigerians are expecting great things from him; it is my hope that he will take this great country to greater heights in the journey towards our manifest destiny.


“I salute the statesmanship of President Jonathan, in conceding defeat, even before the official declaration of results.


“By this noble act, President Jonathan has made an indelible mark on the sands of time. History will be very kind to him.”


 

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