By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, on Thursday disassociated himself from 2023 presidential campaign posters in the social media.
The campaign posters tagged “Progress 2023” with his picture have since gone viral.
The posters are powered by a group known as Nigerians Ask for Anyim with Facebook and Twitter names as piusanyim2023 while www.nigeriaask4anyim.org is the website.
But Anyim who is also a former Senate President enjoined Nigerians to disregard the posters, saying, “they are not from me.”
In a statement on his letterhead, which he personally signed and sent to TheNiche, Anyim wrote: “My attention has just been drawn to posters and stories circulating in the social media. One of them has the inscription “Progress 2023 … Anyim Pius Anyim for President …” with my picture on it.
“I want to state very emphatically that I do not have a hand in those posters or campaign and did not authorize any such publications.
“As a law-abiding citizen, I am fully aware that it is not the time for the campaign for 2023 elections.
“The government at the federal level has spent only a year and seven months out of a four-year term, grappling with issues of governance and so should not be distracted.
“I enjoin the general public to disregard any such posters and or publications as they are not from me.”