It is 2022 at last and felicitations are flying about the country and entire globe. 2021 was nightmarish with tales of killings, destructions, hunger, deprivations among other negative tendencies. It was a year to forget and as the countdown to 2023 when the nation has an ample opportunity of righting the present wrongs begins, expectations are growing among Nigerians.

The harbinger of hope and the annointed one for the country's presidential seat, His Excellency Senator Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) has offered his new year message to Nigerians: 2022 offers us new hope and fresh opportunities.

The Former Senate President who blazed the trail by close knitting the Senate seat at a tender age of 39, has felicitated with fellow Nigerians for making it to 2022. He urges all to give God all the glory for his mercies and loving kindness.

"2021 was a challenging year. It witnessed a combination of natural disasters and man-made crisis which put Nigeria and Nigerians through very challenging life-tests. These stretched our capacities for endurance to the limits.

"Economic crisis manifested in inflation, unemployment, under-employment, job losses, weak Naira and general low earning capacities which brought Nigerians face to face with threat to their very survival.

"Insecurity which many citizens had wished would abate got a resurgence in 2021, compounding the already difficult life for most Nigerians".

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)) in the message, noted there was the COVID-19 pandemic which made a devastating come- back in form of other variants that shrank social and economic interactions. He said it further retarded the initial modest economic recoveries made after the first pandemic in 2019.

"Indeed, we all still mourn many Nigerians who died and lament for those that got dislocated, some permanently, from these sad developments of 2021.

"From the ashes of 2021, I see hope for Nigerians in the new Year 2022. God promises us Hope in times of despair, strength in times of weakness, recovery after tragedies. Our Maker also promised that He will never forsake us in times of trouble.

"I therefore charge Nigerians to key into the promises of God in this New Year and stand strong as the overcomers as children of God. In 2022, let us demonstrate courage and determination to pull our country back from the precipice.

"One way of achieving this triumph is by taking even more seriously, our duties as citizens and obligations to be our brothers keepers. We must dedicate ourselves to building a more peaceful and cohesive society with justice and equity for all our people and neighbours,".

Anyim wished Nigerians a happier, safer, more peaceful and prosperous 2022.

Nigerians are eagerly waiting for the next president. The people of the south east extraction are watching the rest of the country with keen political interest, to see if they would be denied the opportunity of presenting a credible candidate for the position.

It is a historical fact , that of all the geopolitical zones of Nigeria, only the Igbos of the South East have not been allowed to produce the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria since the end of the Civil War .
There’s no way the Igbos would feel politically secure and integrated in the mainstream of Nigeria’s power structure, unless they are given a sense of belonging , accommodation and opportunity to bid for the Presidency of the country, like the North , South West and South South of the country.

Nigeria’s unity is in limbo and groggy , as it portends a risky gamble , if we as a nation, fail to allow justice prevail this time in the political leadership representation of the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria.

Politics should be jettisoned ashore while we pick a sound political Aristocrat and Democrat to carpenter our broken system and make it functional again, for the good of all and to the greater glory of God .

Democracy is the people’s business to make their system of government work for the greater common good .

Already, we have a Moses in the waiting, ready to lead us to our elusive promised Land. Senator Chief Anyim Pius Anyim (GCON) is the man. He has all it takes to reshape our nation with fresh leadership vision .
There is no one from the South East Geopolitical Zone that has his political clout and stature to lead our nation at the moment.

He is the most suitable and credible candidate for the Presidential Job .
Everyone who has been a keen follower of events in Nigeria knows this fact like the back of one’s hands , political sentiments apart .
His sense of political sagacity and perspicacity, brought to bear on his unassailable political leadership experience, are sound track records of service and unquestionable Presidential , material credentials for the highest office in the land .

He is a political colossus , standing tallest above those warming up in the rear to run for the office of President, which is never a largesse for political favoritism and settlement.

What we are talking about is the candidate on whom the Presidential cap fits .
Other political runners , should rethink their bid and back the man who is well endowed to lead us at this crucial, critical time of our nation’s existence.

Nigerians badly need a change of leadership in the country and cannot wait to see it happen.

Senator Anyim holds the ace and political will to reshape Nigeria with his wealth of political, legislative, administrative , legal , intellectual, moral leadership experience, which would guarantee the hope forward for reuniting the country.

Senator Anyim is undoubtedly the Physician Nigeria needs at this moment of need , to gain a clean bill of health .
Our monstrous problems as a nation do not require politics of exclusion, seclusion and mudslinging.

All citizens of the Igbo nation across the world and all lovers of progressive government , should rally support for Senator Anyim , in his divinely approved Presidential bid .

Things must get a head if we want to reclaim our political identity and accept integration into Nigerian Politics of today.

We must be prepared to hand over an enduring political legacy to our children and future generations, and keep the flame of fire of political courage alive and blazing so that future generations of Ndigbo, would appreciate the sacrifice we made for their future.

It is time to back Senator Anyim solidly to represent us and lead our nation to the long elusive promised Land.