President Meets with Anyim, Metuh at State House

•Nigeria will achieve greater unity under Tinubu, says Metuh

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, at the State House, Abuja.

Anyim, a former President of the Senate, walked into the Villa in the company with a former National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisah Metuh.

Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, the duo, who were bigwigs of the opposition PDP, expressed satisfaction with the initial steps taken so far by the President Tinubu administration, saying there was hope for the country. 

Anyim said though there were other heart-to-heart discussions, the visit was primarily to encourage and congratulate the President on his inauguration and the successes he has so far achieved.

“It was a great honour to pay courtesy on the president and congratulate him, first and foremost, for his successful inauguration as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and also to encourage and congratulate him for the bold he has taken so far. We had a whole lot of heart to heart discussions, but primarily, it’s to congratulate him.

Metuh, on his part, expressed confidence that the Tinubu administration would achieve national unity.

“We came to see the President, to commend him for his very good take-off, the policies he has brought, his inclusiveness, and most of all, to canvass for the idea of participatory governance, participatory democracy.

“We believe that for policies and programmes, there has to be options and alternatives for those programmes, but only when we are together can we achieve success. Our nation has bled for over eight years, but we believe that from now onwards, Mr President has shown the way that the country will come together and then we’ll be able to live happily,” he said. 

Anyim, who declared his aspiration in 2022 to contest the last presidential election, was suspended by the PDP in March this year for alleged anti-party activity, rolled around his support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Mr Francis Nwifuru.

Also, Metuh had in October last year, announced his resignation from the PDP and partisan politics.

In a letter dated October 25th, 2022 and addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Metuh stated that his decision to leave the party was taken in the course of his recent medical trip abroad.