2023: Why PDP must avoid 2015 mistakes — Anyim

 

Former Senate President, Pius Anyim has called on leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to avoid the mistakes made in 2015 which brought the All Progressives Congress, APC, to power.

Anyim gave the advice in Abuja at a consultative meeting with PDP leaders across the six geo-political zones.

He said: “In 2015, some of us in PDP, simply decided to pull out of PDP and bring that government down and we were plunged into darkness. That is why we are here.

“Let nobody confuses you. Let nobody mislead you. We were confused and misled in 2015. And that is why we are here. We now have an opportunity to come together and reinvent ourselves.

“Do you agree with me that Nigerians are saying please return us to 2015? If Nigerians are begging us to return them to 2015, do you have any reason not to support me?” he asked.

Anyim who was Secretary to the Government of the Federation commended former President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerians would have reaped more benefits of democracy if that administration was not obstructed by the APC in 2015.

“We were planning that for the second tenure of President Jonathan, we will stretch out these plans and policies to actually deliver maximum results, unfortunately, that administration was truncated.

“If you stand by me, if you partner with me, we will return this country, again on the path of peace, growth and prosperity,” he added.

To make Nigeria competitive once again, Anyim advocated a new start, saying, “I want to say that in returning Nigeria, on the part of growth, we have to sharpen a new foundation or at least the return to where we stopped in 2015.

“ I want to say that the crises of our nation today, the challenge of our time today demands a unifier. It demands a crisis manager. It demands a stabilizer and these are all that I am known for.

“I will build consensus across the board. I will make sure I secure the buy-in of every component of our polity before I deploy any policy that will help us move forward.”

On insecurity, the former Senate President vowed to attack the virus from the roots such that it stands no chance of affecting the society in a meaningful manner.

“ I will address insecurity from the roots and by the time I take it up from its roots, I will nip it at the point of arms. I mean at the point people start carrying arms.

“Without that underground preparation, it will be difficult to just carry arms and achieve results,” he noted.