BEVERLY HILLS, CA, November 28, (THEWILL) – The chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has urged the party’s faithful not to fret about the decision by some governors of the party to defect to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Anenih gave the advice on Thursday while reacting to the defection by the governors, saying the action of the affected governors was a sad one.
He, however, expressed satisfaction that the party leadership, President Goodluck Jonathan, former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, former National Chairmen, Senators Barnabas Gemade and Ahmadu Ali as well as himself “invested enough energy, commitment, maturity and sincerity in the collective effort at reconciliation.”
According to Anenih, “Indeed, I had expected the governors to stay on in the p
arty which has offered them a unique opportunity to serve their people. Surprisingly, they decided to abandon their home and platform to take up tenancy in an opposition party even when it was apparent that the effort of Mr. President for genuine reconciliation was enough for them to see good reason to show restraint and understanding. However, as adults, the final decision was and remains theirs.”
Anenih stated further: “I would like to urge our party members and sympathisers not to be disturbed by the exit of some of our governors, but to continue to mobilise grassroots support for our party, Mr. President, and his transformation agenda. Our party is big and strong enough to rebound, as it has always done, in the face of such challenges.”
He also urged them to be “rest assured that, on our part at the national level, we will strive relentlessly to continue to provide focused leadership as well as keep your hopes and aspirations alive especially at this time and in the months leading to the crucial 2015 general elections.”
The BoT chairman also declared philosophically that “What looks like a setback, in politics, can turn out to be a blessing in disguise.”
