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Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, others,decamp to APC

Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim has defected to the All Progressives Congress Party( APC)
Anyim’s defection to APC was announced by the state Chairman of APC, Stanley Emegha, in Ivo local government area about two weeks ago during the party rally for council election slated for July 20, 2024.
Anyim officially joined APC during the grand finale of the rally for the elections of chairmen and councillors at Pa Nwele Orita township stadium Abakaliki.
Others who joined the party were Chief Edward Nkwegu, 2023 governorship candidate with the Labour Party (LP), and his deputy Mr. Nwabueze Ajah, former state House of Assembly members of PDP, LP members, APGA members among others.
Joining the party, Anyim noted that Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state provided a level-playing ground in the state which attracted them to APC.
The decampees were received into party by the National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Ganduje.
On his part, the Minister of Works and Transport, Engr. David Umahi, noted that Anyim has been helping APC especially during the 2023 general election but that he only officially joined the party.
“To our Son and my friend the former Senate President of Nigeria, you have been one of the people that encourage me to join APC but then I refused saying it will distract me.
“I’m sorry that when I joined APC I did it without you. During the general election, Anyim worked for APC but today you are officially joining the party,” he said.
Politics
IPU cannot consider Natasha’s petition – Jimoh Ibrahim

Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, Chairman of the Senate Inter-parliamentary Committee, remarked that the purported petition from the suspended Senator Natasha is “dead on arrival.”
He emphasised that Nigeria, rather than Senator Natasha, is the member of the IPU.
A petition can only be lodged against another member state by a member state.
This implies that the IPU cannot consider petitions from individuals who are not members.
The suspended Senator Natasha is not a member of the IPU, but Nigeria is!
Additionally, the suspended Senator cannot represent the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I served as the interim president of the IPU in Geneva in 2023, and I am familiar with how the IPU operates after presiding over its proceedings.
Furthermore, as Chairman of the Inter- parliamentary Committee in the Nigerian Senate, I did not approve or authorise the suspended Senator Natasha to attend the IPU on behalf of Nigeria to the Senate President.”
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No Individual Bigger Than PDP, Says Diri

By David Owei ,Bayelsa
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was bigger than any individual and that its internal challenges would be fixed once the members resolve to tackle them.
Speaking to journalists at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday after the inauguration of the party’s South-South zonal caretaker committee led by Elder Emma Ogidi, the Bayelsa Governor said the political will to confront those fomenting trouble in the party resided with the members and not solely on the leadership.
Diri, who is also Chairman of the South-South Governors Forum, stated that for the party to be competitive as the oldest in the country, it must look inwards and fix its internal issues.
He said: “For me, we have to look inwards before accusing those outside our party. We have to first fix our internal issues.
“It is very easy to point accusing fingers. But the PDP has to sit back and tackle its internal challenges. That is only when we can stand to compete with others.
“I want the PDP to be competitive with other political parties. We are the oldest political party in Nigeria. So we have no reason to be accusing outsiders.”
On whether the party’s leadership had the political will to discipline those fomenting trouble, Governor Diri averred that such will resided with the members.
“We are all members of the party. The moment we all resolve that we need to fix our party, there cannot be any one person that is bigger than the party.”
He stressed that the newly inaugurated zonal caretaker committee had the mandate of the National Working Committee to look into every issue affecting the party in the South-South.
The Bayelsa helmsman expressed the hope that the event was a step forward for the party.
“In our zone, which is the only area in the country you have four governors of the party, we have all resolved and are together on this. You can see the deputy governor of Delta State, who represented the governor. I have also received messages from the governors of Akwa Ibom and Rivers. It shows that we are together and what we need to do is to show leadership and work with the zonal committee so that our zone will again become safe and strong for the PDP.”
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