President Bola Tinubu has just finished a meeting with Anyim Pius Anyim, a former senate president and ex-secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Anyim was accompanied to the meeting by Olisa Metuh, a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Both men arrived at the villa together at exactly 1:30pm and headed straight for the president’s office.
Recall that Metuh recently announced his retirement from active politics as well as his resignation from the PDP.
Anyim served as the SGF under then President Goodluck Jonathan. He was also a presidential aspirant on the PDP platform ahead of the 2023 elections.
The meeting comes amid reports that Tinubu has drawn up his list of ministerial nominees from across party lines, with technocrats, career politicians and civil servants to boot.
At different meetings since his inauguration on May 29, Tinubu has promised to be the president of all Nigerians, irrespective of who voted or did not vote for him.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Anyim said 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 steps he has taken so far,” Anyim said.
“We had a whole lot of heart-to-heart discussions, but primarily, it’s to congratulate him.”
On his part, Metuh expressed confidence that the Tinubu administration will 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,” he said.
“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 will be able to live happily.”
Below are some photos from the meeting.
Source: Top Stories