Ikpeazu recalls that the roles Anyim had played at different times place him at a vantage position to understand the challenges of the country and how to solve them better
By Emma Ogbuehi
The 2023 presidential aspiration of former Senate President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hopeful, Anyim Pius Anyim, has received strong boost with the endorsement by the governor of Abia, Okezie Ikpeazu who described him as one of the best for the job.
Ikpeazu stated this, on Sunday, January 2, when Anyim paid him a New Year visit at his country home, Ngwa, Abia State. He said that based on Anyim’s pedigree as former Senate president, former Secretary to the government of the federation, “he is one Nigerian who is eminently qualified to lead the country and restore Nigeria to the path glory”.
These roles he had played at different times, Ikpeazu recalls, place him at a vantage position to understand the challenges of the country and how to solve them better.
He however advised Anyim not to forget to market the enviable credentials which he would bring to bear in the presidency of Nigeria as an Igbo man, saying, an average Igbo man has the tendency of turning a desert into a fertile land once given an opportunity.
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Rhetorically, he said, “the challenges in Sambisa forest will easily become a business opportunity for an Igbo man as he would quickly create an economic heaven that will even disarm the terrorists.
He further advised Anyim to work hard to restore the trust and confidence of other segments of the country on the ability and sincerity of Igbo man to govern the country as a Nigerian. Reiterating that the president of Nigeria of Igbo extraction will surely bring about economic growth, create job opportunities, bring unity and national cohesion, the governor stated that the Igbo presence everywhere in Nigeria is a true reflection that they are indeed the real face of the country.
Ikpeazu who spoke in the presence of some of his cabinets and members of the state Assembly reassures Anyim that Abia is in the journey together with him.
Responding, Anyim told the governor and some of his cabinet members that since they have all agreed that the president of Nigeria of Igbo extraction will bring prosperity to the country, he has therefore come to solicit their support, saying, the Nigerian project is a collective one.
He assures them that he is going to the presidency to work for Nigeria which will include the interests of the South, the East and the North.
