Politics
PDP delegates driven by primordial sentiments —Anyim
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, said on Sunday delegates to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention were driven by primordial sentiments.
Anyim polled 14 votes in the PDP presidential primary held at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, on Saturday.
In a statement he personally signed, the ex-Senate President said the PDP delegates were not moved by the numerous challenges rocking the country.
Anyim, however, said he was happy to take part in the contest.
READ ALSO: Anyim blames PDP defectors to APC for Nigeria’s challenges
He said: “I am proud to have gone through the race to the end. But I am shocked that consideration for voting the PDP presidential candidate was not based on burning national issues and how to resolve them, but still on the old primordial sentiments. It appears doubtful if our search for nationhood is yielding any results.”
He congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his victory in the presidential primary, saying he was committed to working for the birth of a new Nigeria.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...