Obasanjo gets top job
28/06/2007 14:05  - (SA)  

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Lagos - Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo has been elected chairperson of the board of trustees of the ruling People's Democratic Party, barely a month after leaving power, his aides said on Thursday.

The 70-year-old retired general, who stepped down as president on May 29 after serving a constitutional maximum of two four-year terms, was elected PDP chairperson on Wednesday.

He replaced former works minister Tony Anenih who had held the highest decision-making organ of the party during Obasanjo's tenure.

The party amended its constitution last December to make only a former president eligible for the position.

Officials meanwhile said new President Umaru Yar'Adua will form a "unity government" by the weekend after consulting with the opposition.

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