Obasanjo Resigns As Peoples Democratic Party Party Board Of Trustees Chairman....

 

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has resigned as
chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
In a statement he personally signed and made
exclusively available to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he had sent
the letter of resignation to the chairman of the party.
``I have formally sent in my letter of resignation as the
Chairman of BOT of PDP to the National Chairman of the
party as prescribed in the party’s constitution,’’ he said.

The former president added: ``‘I have formally
requested the President to allow my bowing out and to
issue a short statement to that effect.
‘‘By relieving myself of the responsibility for
chairmanship of BOT of PDP, I will have a bit more time
to devote to the international demand on me.’’
He further said that the step would give him time ‘‘to
give some attention to mentoring across the board
nationally and internationally in those areas that I have
acquired some experience, expertise and in which I
have something to share’’.

Obasanjo said his exit would afford him more time to
develop ‘my Presidential Library and to mobilising and
encouraging investment in Nigeria and Africa.’
He noted that before the last general elections, he
believed that if PDP produced the President, it would be
time for him to reduce his partisan political activities.

Obasanjo recalled that he was actively involved in
bringing forth ‘my successor president from PDP in
2007.
`‘In 2011, I was in the vanguard of working for PDP to
produce a president for Nigeria. God answered our
prayer.