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Automatic Tickets For Jonathan, Govs, Will Stop Friction In PDP – Anenih Chief Tony Anenih! Love him or hate him, he remains in every government pulling the strings of power in the very corridors where it resides. For the Iyasele of Esanland, he seems to be the man with the Midas touch as it regards strategising for leaders in Nigeria, hence his seeming indispensability. He asserts that ahead 2015, it is time the ruling party adopted automatic tickets for the President and its governors With a soft voice – one not known to always raise his voice no matter how provoked he is but opts to nurse his actions in his heart and mind, Chief Anenih is always ‘The Man’ even though The Comrade governor has tried in recent time to cast doubt on his political credentials, defeating him at will. But he trudges on like the stallion. And so at the “Peoples Democratic Party family dinner” held at the State House, Abuja, Last Thursday night, The Leader went gaga and subtly moved that automatic tickets be issued to the country’s incumbent chief executive and state chief executives “who have performed well”, saying it would eliminate the rancour and undue dissipation of energy and resources that often attends primary elections in the country. “I do not see anything wrong, if the PDP considers automatic tickets for the President and its governors who have performed well and are seeking for a second term. It is my view that with the outstanding performance of President Jonathan in the areas of power, rail and water transportation, road construction, aviation reforms, education, agriculture, job creation, etc., the party should not find it difficult in granting him the opportunity to serve a second term, if he so desires,” Anenih had said. The BoT chairman of the PDP reemphasized that the measure would also lead to reduction of election-related animosity in the party. “I did say that, over the years, our primaries have been the most serious sources of rancour and disunity in our ranks and that we usually invest so much resources and energy fighting ourselves in the primaries that should have gone into the larger battle against our political rivals. “I had admonished that we could not continue this tradition of internal warfare and hope that we would have enough energy left to win elections... “Soon after my address, I read in the media the positive reception and reactions to my proposition by some of our members who believed that one of the ways to do that should be the granting of automatic tickets to sitting presidents and governors who are seeking their second term. I concur with them, provided that the sitting presidents and governors must have performed creditably with tangible results. The same may apply to performing members of the National Assembly although they enjoy indefinite number of terms. “The proposed arrangement would, I believe, help to forestall frictions and acrimony in the nomination process, in the overall interest of our party and the nation,” the Iyasele submits.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:07:00 +0000

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