THIS DAY ON-17-09-2010

*Consensus Search Favoured Atiku

Whilst the great debate on zoning raged,the leaders and elders of the North responsible for protecting the regions interest,were in a frantic search for a consensus Northern presidential candidate.
The Arewa Consultation Forum (ACF)and the Northern Union(NU) are racing against time: they have just two weeks to produce the consensus candidate for the primaries,which will hold across the nation between September 11 and October 30th.
The elders are conducting their search across the political parties. But because of the pressure of time,they have narrowed the search to the more serious political parties-PDP,ANPP,ACN,CPC. They are looking for the best candidate to field against President Goodluck Jonathan.
They don't want to go to the primaries with a multiplicity of candidates which will weaken the Northern vote against such a strong candidate as the sitting president who has the added advantage of controlling the party machinery.

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In their crucial meeting in Kaduna,the ACF demanded that all political parties present candidates of Northern origin. Three of the parties-ANPP,CPC and ACN are well on their way to complying with the ACF position.
Barring the unexpected, the ANPP will present Governor Shekarau, the CPC Mohammadu Buhari, the ACN Nuhu Ribadu.
It is with the biggest party, the PDP that the Northern elders have the big challenge.
It is widely accepted that the party will agaim sweep the polls. The presidential candidate of the PDP will win the presidency in 2011.
It does not take a crystal ball to know that.
Only unexpected developments of earthquake proportions can prevent it, but there is none on the horizon.
The North is determined to field its candidate and then put its block vote behind such a candidate.
They will present a candidate strong enough to beat Jonathan in the primaries coming very soon.

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Under the severe constraint of time, the Northern elders have narrowed their search in the PDP, to three aspirants: Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida and Aliyu Gusau in that order.
Therefore, by the calculations of the elders, the North East is favoured to produce the Northern consensus candidate.
That is where Atiku comes from. No other aspirant has emerged from that zone.
Therefore, Atiku Abubakar is in the pole position, clearly ahead of others, as far as the Northern Elders are concerned. Will that choice be confirmed in the time available before the primaries kickoff?

.....This is 17th September 2010
13 years ago