By Nseobong Okon-Ekong
Signs that all was not well with former Minister of Works and Housing Chief Anthony Akhakon “Tony” Anenih emerged last July when he hinted that he would not celebrate his 85th birthday on August 4. Reasons adduced for his decision were both personal and communal. Though he was advanced in age and his health was failing, the loss of his wife, Patricia, and son, Eugene, the previous year took an injurious toll on him. However, it was very thoughtful and admirable that the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) also considered the mood of the nation in declining a party on his last birthday on earth. Pained by the incessant killings and bloodshed in the country, the elder statesman concluded that it would be insensitive of him to celebrate under such circumstance.
Anenih who started…
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