Abouwaza:
No better words have been said
It doesn't matter where you come from
We just want the best candidate for the job
Who zoning help

Esseite:
Hmmm

johnmartus:
Well no election in southwest part of Nigeria in 2023.

helinues:


Something smelling?

johnmartus:
Guy do you smoke weed some time?

gawu1:
When Mamman Daura said this obvious fact, the people of potopoto region made it an issue against him. Now their second master has said it again clearly that presidency is not for them any sooner.
Let wait and hear their slavish reactions.

Salewa95:
Wike the sole owner of PDP.

He will give the ticket to a Northerner in 2023, either Atiku or Tambuwal.

So you mean you won’t compensate the SE with the presidential ticket after all their bloc vote for PDP since 1999?

Seems Igbo presidency is not sure in PDP again, we (Igbos & Yorubas) all need to support Joe Igbokwe as the APC presidential candidate for 2023.

ojikeebere12:
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the focus of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Presidential elections should be winning and not zoning.

Wike said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday.

The governor said zoning – which is an arrangement that ensures rotation of political power among ethnic blocs – is a luxury that only ruling parties can afford.

Wike, who is from the same zone as his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, said when he was contesting the governorship election in 2015, there were suggestions that he should not be given the ticket of the PDP because of the zoning arrangement in the state but out of necessity, he was allowed to run.

Responding to a question, he said, “When I came on board, people were saying no, the position shouldn’t control us (sic) because of my ethnic group but there was an argument that we are an opposition party. What we want to do is to win elections.

“As an opposition party, we look at all variables. What will make us win the election (comes) first. That is what is important to us. The ruling party can say that (zoning) but for the opposition party, there are variables.”

When asked to state his position on the raging zoning debate, the governor responded, “It depends. As an opposition party, we look at all variables. Forget about other parties. We look at all variables and our own concern is how do we win, how do we get back power.

“So, it is not one factor that will influence (decisions). So, many variables will come into play. So, it will be wrong for me as an opposition person to say this must be done now. No, I will not do that.”

Mamman Daura, a nephew, and ally of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had stirred a debate last week when he stated that zoning should not determine who emerges the next President in 2023.

Buhari, who is from the North-West geopolitical zone and a Fulani, will complete his tenure in 2023.

However, there have been rumours that major political parties may still present northern Presidential candidates in a bid to boost their chances of winning.

https://punchng.com/2023-winning-not-zoning-is-pdps-focus-says-wike/

duwdu:


This is very interesting!

Governor Wike, while attempting to hide behind one "pragmatic politics" finger, has essentially ended up rubbishing the chance of anyone from the Southeast geopolitical zone ever getting their party's [PDP] presidential ticket for 2023.

Just like that? Chai.

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