Anyim
A former Senate President and ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, has officially joined the ruling All Progressive Congress.
He announced this at the Pa Oruta Ngele Township Abakaliki during the grand finale of the APC local government election campaign on Saturday.
Anyim led a host of other notable personalities across other political parties, including former State and National Assembly members, former governorship candidate of Labour Party, Edwin Nkwegu; Senator Obinna Ọgba; former national and state Assembly candidates and thousands of their supporters to join the party.
They were received by the National Chairman of APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje; Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum, Governor Hope Uzodimma; Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State; and Minister of Works, David Umahi; State Chairman of the party, Stanley Okoro-Emegha and other notable leaders of the party.
Speaking at the event, the Minister of Works, David Umahi commended Anyim for all the support he gave to the APC during the 2023 elections.
Umahi thanked President Bola Tinubu for all the support given to him when he faced legal battles after joining the party.
He said, “President Tinubu called me to come and see him and when I came, he carried me in his car personally to meet a Senior Advocate of Nigeria who handled our case.”
The minister noted that he faced serious attacks and conditions for deciding to join the APC but is grateful that today the party has become the beautiful bride of all in the state and South-East.
He noted that the President was very much interested in the development of the southeast and needed the support of the people to succeed.
He further revealed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road would have a spot that will pass through Ebonyi, adding that other work was ongoing in other major roads in the region.
He urged the two governors and other party Leaders in the region to work harder to bring on board every stakeholder in the region to the party so that the region will take its rightful place in national politics.
Speaking, Anyim assured the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, that Ebonyi State had always been united under one political family.
He noted that the people had resolved to collapse the whole state into one political family in appreciation of the Governor Francis Nwifuru’s performance and efforts at uniting all groups in the state.
The former Senate president added that the South-East was interested in being part of central politics.