Senator Anyim Pius Anyim
Anyim 2023 Presidency ambition gets Ikpeazu endorsement
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has received a major endorsement ahead of his 2023 Presidency ambition in the person of Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
Ikpeazu made his position known at his country home in Umuobiakwa, Obingwa Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, when he received Anyim who came to consult him over his presidential aspiration.
Ikpeazu described Anyim “as a man whose public service credentials and experience are good enough for the Presidency of Nigeria.”
He assured Anyim of his support as the next Nigerian President of South-East extraction, noting that “what matters now is just for the Igbos to be given a chance to produce the next Nigerian President.”
Ikpeazu said, “No other tribe in Nigeria has demonstrated practical belief in the Nigerian nation better than the Igbo as can be seen from the fact that our people live and invest heavily in every part of the country.”
He added that the credentials of Senator Anyim stand very tall in the South East and indeed across the country.
Anyim, who was also a former President of Nigerian Senate, said he came to formally inform Ikpeazu and the party leadership in the state of his plans to contest for the Presidency of the country in the 2023 elections.
According to him, the South East is the most qualified zone in Nigeria to produce the next President, based on equity and justice.
Anyim said he decided to make himself available for the contest “after a careful analysis of my antecedents, experience, passion and wide contacts across the country.”
He called on governor Ikpeazu and the PDP in the State to support him, assuring that he would be a candidate and a President that Nigeria would be proud of.
