A member of the Board Of Trustees of Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has announced his resignation from partisan politics.
Iwuanyanwu, a three-time presidential aspirant, said this in a statement he signed on Wednesday, ahead of his 79th birthday scheduled to be held on Saturday.
The former aspirant said corruption was still endemic in the country despite the promises made by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Iwuanyanwu said that he would henceforth play the role of elder statesman and head of the elders’ council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
The statement read in part, “On September 4th 2021, it pleases the Lord that I mark my 79th birthday in sound health, strength and vitality. It is indeed the Amazing Grace of God that has kept me alive all these years and has propelled me towards making great achievements in various spheres of human endeavour be it Politics, Engineering, Publishing, Sports, Aviation, Shipping, Banking, Agriculture, Philanthropy, industry, and indeed big business, for all these, I remain eternally grateful to God.
“Restructuring the country to ensure devolution of powers to the federating units is the panacea to political stability in Nigeria.
“We need to have strong federating Units and a weak centre so that everybody will leave Abuja and go back to their regions/states and develop the place; people will now pursue opportunities in their respective states and not in Abuja.”
