Pius Anyim Explains Visit To Tinubu At Aso Rock

Erstwhile President of the Senate, Pius Anyim, has explained his reasons for visiting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Anyim, who was Secretary to the Government of the Federation under President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived at the Villa alongside former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh.

In 2022, Anyim declared his intention to run for President on the PDP’s ticket.

But in March 2023, the PDP suspended him for alleged anti-party activity following his support to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru.

Metuh himself had publicly resigned from the PDP and partisan politics in October 2022 on medical grounds.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Anyim said the visit was mainly to encourage and congratulate the President on his inauguration and the successes he has so far achieved, amongst other things. Nigerians Not Ready For Igbo Presidency  — Orji Kalu

He said, “It was a great honour to pay a courtesy visit to the President and congratulate him, first and foremost, for his successful inauguration as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and also to encourage and congratulate him for the bold steps he has taken so far.

“We had a whole lot of heart-to-heart discussions, but primarily, it’s to congratulate him.”

On his part, the former PDP spokesman, Metuh, said although the country has been bleeding for the past eight years, he is confident that the Tinubu administration will achieve national unity.

He said, “We came to see the President, to commend him for his very good takeoff; the policies he has brought, his inclusiveness and most of all to canvass for the idea of participatory governance, participatory democracy.

“We believe that for policies and programmes, there have to be options and alternatives for those programmes, but only when we are together can we achieve success.

“Our nation has bled for over eight years, but we believe that from now onwards, Mr President has shown the way that the country will come together and then we’ll be able to live happily.”