{"id":38733,"date":"2015-05-20T21:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38733"},"modified":"2015-05-20T21:04:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T20:04:10","slug":"anenih-steps-down-as-bot-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/anenih-steps-down-as-bot-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Anenih steps down as BOT chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432136252999_33067\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Tony Anenih has resigned as PDP Board of Trustees&#8217; chairman.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432136252999_33073\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jibrin Will hold forth pending the election of a new BoT Chairman.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432136252999_33071\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after Adamu Mu\u2019azu resigned as chairman,\u00a0 feelers from Wadata Plaza had indicated that President Goodluck Jonathan had prevailed on Anenih to step aside.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432136252999_33081\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a one-page letter he signed and sent to President Goodluck Jonathan dated May 20, 2015 and titled: &#8220;Notice of my decision to step down as Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party&#8221;, Anenih said his decision would enable President Jonathan to effectively assume the chairmanship of the BoT.<br \/>\nThe letter reads: &#8220;Your Excellency will recall that in a conversation\u00a0 I had with you a few weeks ago, I had offered to step down from the office of the Chairman of our party&#8217;s Board of Trustees and proposed to hand over to you as its new Chairman in a ceremony that would have taken place on the 23rd of May, 2015.\u00a0 I had also repeated this position in our subsequent meetings.<br \/>\n&#8220;As a follow up to the above proposal and in view of the current state of affairs in our party, I have decided to formally put my offer in writing to enable you effectively assume the Chairmanship of Board of Trustees or approve a process that will enable any other member of the BoT who is considered competent, to assume the position.<br \/>\n&#8220;Kindly accept therefore, this letter as notice of my decision to step down from the position of Chairman of the BoT of our party with effect from today, the 20th of May, 2015.<br \/>\n&#8220;I am happy to inform you that, I remain a loyal foundation member of our great party and will continue to pray for the prosperity of Nigeria, our party, and for you and your family.<br \/>\n&#8220;Your Excellency, kindly accept the expression of my highest regards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Tony Anenih has resigned as PDP Board of Trustees&#8217; chairman. 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