Ahead of its National Convention slated for August 17, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday zoned 11 slots to the North aside the presidential position while South got 10 slots.
The zoning arrangement was part of the report presented by the zoning committee headed by Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi to the party’s National Caretaker Committee led by Ahmed Makarfi.
The positions zoned to the North are: Deputy National Chairman 2, National Secretary, National Financial Secretary, National Publicity Secretary, National Auditor, National Woman Leader, Deputy National Treasurer, Deputy National Organising Secretary, Deputy National Youth Leader, Deputy National Legal Adviser and Deputy National Secretary.
The Southern zone got the positions of National Chairman, Deputy National Chairman 1, Na-tional Treasurer, National Legal Adviser, National Youth Leader, National Organising Secretary, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Deputy National Woman Leader, Deputy National Auditor, Deputy National Financial Secretary.
The report of the zoning committee presented by Umahi said: “All positions should be keenly contested for among the major zones they are zoned to in order to open the space and allow for full participation of members.
“That the chairmanship of the party be zoned to the southern zones bearing in mind that the pres-idential ticket of the party for 2019 was zoned to the northern zones as approved by the National Convention in Port Harcourt.
Narrating the origin of the zoning committee, Gov Umahi said, “Pursuant to Section 2 (d) and (e) on the preamble of the PDP Constitution (as Amended in 2012) regarding equitable distribution of offices across the wards, local government areas, states and zones of the federation, the ex-panded national caucus of the party held on the 14th of July, 2016 at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, mandated the National Caretaker Committee led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi to constitute a zoning committee to zone the positions ahead of the forthcoming National Convention slated for Wednesday, August 17 2016 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Wednesday, 27 July 2016
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PDP zoning: North gets 11 slots, South 10
PDP zoning: North gets 11 slots, South 10
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