I Know The Problem And I Have A Clear Vision of The Solutions – Anyim Pius
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), presidential aspirant and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Pius Anyim, on Wednesday said the years he spent in government have given him the requisite knowledge on how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges.
Anyim, who spoke at the PDP national secretariat when he submitted his presidential nomination form to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party in Abuja, stated that the experiences he has acquired put him in a better position to understand what the issues are and the eventual solutions to them
Recall that Ayim Pius as a former senate president assumed leadership of the senate at a time when there was a crisis in the house and was able to calm the storm. He was also in the engine room of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s administration.
He said he intends to build on those legacies to help Nigeria overcome its woes. On the issue of zoning, the former Senate president appealed to the party to defend section 7(3)(C) of its constitution
Anyim while agreeing to abide by the decision of the party, however, reminded the party that certainty of tenure, the certainty of structure, and certainty of the process are the lifeblood of a thriving democracy and at any time any of these certainties are no longer guaranteed, democracy will corrupt justice and enthrone inequity.
He further noted that democracy deeply depends on strong institutions for its survivability and success, hence when a system can no longer defend its rules, it will enthrone the reign of might as against the rule of law
Anyim expressed worry that the strength and pride of Nigeria which is embedded in its pluralistic nature of divergent religions, ethnicity has now become a reason to dismember and tear down the nation.
He argued that for governance to thrive, the system must be acceptable to all and sundry.
The presidential aspirant also noted that the country in its history has never witnessed a strong separatist agitation like it is seeing today that has translated into a national problem.
Anyim in describing the current state of insecurity in Nigeria said the capacity of the Nigerian state to protect and secure life and property has been weakened and it is consequent upon the fact that non-state actors now have access to superior firearms and are overpowering state actors who do not have matching firearms to combat the enemies.
According to him, citizens are daily losing faith and confidence in the power of the state to protect them and this has now transcended to citizens resorting to self-help.
Anyim mentioned that all the challenges can be traced to bad governance, discrimination, nepotism, mediocrity, and denial of the dividends of democracy.
On his economic agenda for the country, Anyim said he will anchor his development plans on Industrialisation, talent and innovation, science and technology which will be private-sector driven
He believed that the promotion of industrialisation at various scales, including large, medium and small scales, will drastically reduce importation, improve productivity, direct and foreign investment and in the end strengthen the Naira.
