PDP looking beyond 2015, 2019 – Anenih

By Samuel Ogidan
Abuja

Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, has said that despite the predictions of doom about Nigeria, the party “is looking beyond 2015 and even 2019 in its efforts to faithfully sustain a stable, functional and democratic nation.”

Anenih, in a statement entitled “Nigeria is stronger than it has even been” issued in Abuja to commemorate 15 years of uninterrupted Fourth Republic Democracy, said the PDP-led federal government under President Goodluck Jonathan had been upholding the sanctity of unfettered democratic interaction and expression in the country since stepping in the saddle.
He said despite the security challenges occasioned by the scourge of terrorism, “Nigeria remains stronger that it has ever been.”
He said: “May 29, 2014 marks 15 years since Nigeria returned to democracy. I congratulate all Nigerians on this important occasion, especially since our nation is now well into her longest running democratic dispensation since independence in 1960.
“This year’s Democracy Day falls within a period when, arising from the scourge of terrorism, some people question the strength of our democracy and unity. Without hesitation, I assure all Nigerians that, despite the challenges we are facing today, Nigeria is stronger than it has ever been.

“Let me express how grateful we, in the Peoples Democratic Party, are to our fellow compatriots that they have entrusted our great party with steering the ship of state since our nation’s return to democracy in 1999.  It has been a great privilege and a momentous undertaking.”
He added: “Indeed, in its 15 years at the helm of affairs of our great nation, the PDP has created an atmosphere that allows total freedom of expression, dissent and the greatest level of inclusive political participation ever recorded in our country.”