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The south feed the north...

What a smart move...but wait o....Why Tambuwal nor vote?

Peter obi the best candidate from the south.

jumper524:
northern governors were also in support though not all.

very wise decision, even sane northerners will vote for a southern president, I just dey pity Atiku, Buhari spoiled his chances, if Buhari had performed well, no body would have been talking about a southern president.

Now is the time for an Eastern from the south to lay claim to what is theirs.

Now they shouldn't bother us again in APC

TonyeBarcanista:
By Tonye Barcanista

The position taken by Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to cede the party's National Chairmanship position to northern Nigeria has once again reaffirmed the loyalty and commitment of the party to the people of Nigeria.

For avoidance of doubt, the implication of this decision is that the Presidential ticket of the party for the 2023 election shall be ceded to the southern part of the country; this decision is a right move to ensure that Nigerians from the south are given opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country at the expiration of the eight-year tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, who hails from the north.

It is incontestable that majority of Nigerians from the south and north, have at several fora called for power shift to the southern region in 2023. This was affirmed and reaffirmed by the entire 17 Governors of the southern region during their meetings in Asaba and Enugu of Delta and Enugu states respectively.

When the leadership of PDP appointed Governor Ugwuanyi to lead its National Zoning Committee ahead of the party's National Convention, Nigerians across tribes and religions always pressed on the Governor and his committee to be people-centric by allowing the Northern part of the country to enjoy the party's National Chairmanship position, which has eluded them in the last four years, while the south is given the nod for the Presidential nomination for 2023 election.

Although the Zoning Committee is yet to make formal declaration on these issues, I am grateful that the influential Governors Forum of the party, which Governor Ugwuanyi is a bona fide member, have taken the popular position of PDP Chairmanship to north.

Therefore, I appeal to the National Zoning Committee to tow the line of the Governors Forum by concluding zoning of the party's national chairmanship seat to the north and the 2023 Presidential ticket to the south.

May I appreciate Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) for voting in favor of shift in the party's chairmanship to the north.

I equally appreciate Governors Bala Muhammed, Ahmadu Fintiri and Aminu Tambuwal of Bauchi, Adamawa and Sokoto states respectively for their show of statesmanship in accepting the majority decision of the party's Governors.

With the position of PDP Governors, I, as well as majority Nigerians, can now confirm that the party is set and well positioned to regain the Presidency in 2023 and majority seats in the States and National Assembly.

May God bless the Peoples Democratic Party

Tonye Barcanista Inioribo

To cede PDP presidential ticket to north, some northern PDP politicians started the history of political leadership of Nigeria from 1999, but discounted the fact that north has led Nigeria for about 70% of the years Nigeria exists as an independent country.

North used its military dictators to restructure Nigeria and proliferated new states and accruing legislative seats and electoral prowess to the old ONE northern region of Nigeria, but allowed only 17 states, lesser legislative seats and lesser electoral prowess in the TWO southern regions of Nigeria.

Land mass or population was wrongly used as criterion to proliferate the states in the old northern region.
But fact is that no country formed by different regions ever used land mass or population as criterion to proliferate new federating units in the area with larger land mass or population, except Nigeria.
North, east and west regions formed independent Nigeria in 1960.
There should have been more states in the two southern regions than in the one northern region.

Enter Democratic governance, north starts to use its advantages from state creation to lord it over the south in Nigeria’s political process.

Whenever the south asks for political restructuring of Nigeria democratically, north tells the south to come to the National Assembly for political restructuring, knowing full well that the National Assembly is overpopulated by northern legislators drawn from the excess number of states proliferated in the northern region.

Fact is that it’s the turn of the south to present a successor to PMB through rotation of the presidency between north and south. Rotation of the presidency is necessitated by the skewed and lopsided political structure of Nigeria created by northern soldiers to favor north.

Evergreen4:
Best decision. They are now ready to wrestle power from APC. They should ensure the ticket goes to SE

YEAH SO THAT YOU WILL SMUGGLE OPOLO EYES THROUGH THE BACK DOOR

Lovenorth:
PDP is a death horse, APC presidential aspirant should definitely come from the North and as a result APC would continue with the mantle of the leadership of the country

You must be high on weed. Pack for one side jor

PDP has shot itself in the foot. Now northerners will at the very least be indifferent thereby allowing the incumbency power of the APC to be the difference.

JosephXavier:
The south is making a big statement with this.

As we all know, there are more competent politicians from the south that can deliver and balance the lost glory and try to revive Nigeria from the stranglehold of some cabal who have hijacked the presidency

People with integrity like Peter Obi, Nyesom Wike and Seyi Makinde have all shown their credibility at their various levels and deserve a shot at the presidency position

If PDP can field any of these options, I will vote for them strongly as they will stand a better chance in redeeming the image of this country which has been felt a huge damage by this administration

Oga don't rush ahead of yourself , this doesn't rule out the north from running in 2023 o

Do we care we are on our way out.
If you no you no

I will gladly vote Wike over a northerner in 2023

Lovenorth:
PDP is a death horse, APC presidential aspirant should definitely come from the North and as a result APC would continue with the mantle of the leadership of the country

Where is the sense in what you have written here?

Peter Obi will be a better choice


He is an astute manager of resources

Check his record as governor

uwemetok:
They should just pick Donald Duke so all the tension can come to an end.

NoSentiment:
PDP has shot itself in the foot. Now northerners will at the very least be indifferent thereby allowing the incumbency power of the APC to be the difference.

The last thing north want is the disintegration of the country . to please everyone they may just go with Jonathan

Good move

Stop deceiving yourselves. ATIKU may emerge the PDP flag bearer by force or by fire.
Atiku is coming......

richidinho:
Peter Obi/Dankwambo

South east/North East

Yaradua and Buhari both are from Northwest

Southwest - Senate president

South south- Speaker



Support PDP for Justice and Equity

Osinbajo/Zulum APC is a goal

Nigeria will witness real growth with a man like this.


He will take tough decisions


Osibanjo will do well too

galaxy2020:
Peter obi the best candidate from the south.

greatiyk4u:
Lolz
Too early to jubilate, However, as APC is equally zoning same position of presidential flag bearer to the same southern Nigeria.....what's so special in PDP decision here?

The contest is now going to be Igbos versus Yorubas
As APC may likely pick Yoruba while PDP picks Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi the igbo Governor of Enugu state.



Verdict.....PDP WILL WIN
SOUTH SOUTH, NORTH EAST AND MIDDLE BELT WILL JOIN IGBOS THIS TIME AROUND

WHILE SOUTH WEST AND NORTH WEST WILL GO WITH APC


The decision is balanced because no sensible igbo man will vote a non Southern Igbo irrespective of political party


Takio

which middlebelt? Some of you just sit and talk nonsense. The Benue I know will NOT vote for PDP. Take that to the bank,save it and quote me in 2023. Ortom has messed up PDP in the state.

Nassarawa will not vote PDP, Yahaya Bello will deliver Kogi, Abuja is already sit of Power, Kwara will deliver APC, Niger State will be a tie. So how will Middlebelt join Igbo. That will only work if the ticket goes to Umahi in APC.

For someone who supposedly is a political analyst to believe that PDP is automatically going to Zone its presidential ticket to the South just because it just ceded its chairmanship position to the North, speaks volume to the level of their understanding of the political mindset of the Northern power brokers who whether we accept it or not, hold all the aces as far as the two leading political parties are concerned.

TonyeBarcanista:
By Tonye Barcanista

The position taken by Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to cede the party's National Chairmanship position to northern Nigeria has once again reaffirmed the loyalty and commitment of the party to the people of Nigeria.

For avoidance of doubt, the implication of this decision is that the Presidential ticket of the party for the 2023 election shall be ceded to the southern part of the country; this decision is a right move to ensure that Nigerians from the south are given opportunity to preside over the affairs of the country at the expiration of the eight-year tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, who hails from the north.

It is incontestable that majority of Nigerians from the south and north, have at several fora called for power shift to the southern region in 2023. This was affirmed and reaffirmed by the entire 17 Governors of the southern region during their meetings in Asaba and Enugu of Delta and Enugu states respectively.

When the leadership of PDP appointed Governor Ugwuanyi to lead its National Zoning Committee ahead of the party's National Convention, Nigerians across tribes and religions always pressed on the Governor and his committee to be people-centric by allowing the Northern part of the country to enjoy the party's National Chairmanship position, which has eluded them in the last four years, while the south is given the nod for the Presidential nomination for 2023 election.

Although the Zoning Committee is yet to make formal declaration on these issues, I am grateful that the influential Governors Forum of the party, which Governor Ugwuanyi is a bona fide member, have taken the popular position of PDP Chairmanship to north.

Therefore, I appeal to the National Zoning Committee to tow the line of the Governors Forum by concluding zoning of the party's national chairmanship seat to the north and the 2023 Presidential ticket to the south.

May I appreciate Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) for voting in favor of shift in the party's chairmanship to the north.

I equally appreciate Governors Bala Muhammed, Ahmadu Fintiri and Aminu Tambuwal of Bauchi, Adamawa and Sokoto states respectively for their show of statesmanship in accepting the majority decision of the party's Governors.

With the position of PDP Governors, I, as well as majority Nigerians, can now confirm that the party is set and well positioned to regain the Presidency in 2023 and majority seats in the States and National Assembly.

May God bless the Peoples Democratic Party

Tonye Barcanista Inioribo

The implication of all this is that PDP will definitely not produce the next president. It's just tactically impossible and tactically naive of PDP...noble or not!!!!

APC produces a northern candidate and it's a landslide for APC. APC produces a southern candidate and it's an uphill battle for PDP

perambulator:


The implication of all this is that PDP will definitely not produce the next president. It's just tactically impossible and tactically naive of PDP...noble or not!!!!

honestly.

Freestainworld:
APC will be thrown in disarray by this move, as many northerners will now understand what the southern unity means

APC, Disarray , Northerners, Southern unity. All these disjointed words on a thread about PDP zoning chairmanship slot to North?

aylipple:
For someone who supposedly is a political analyst to believe that PDP is automatically going to Zone its presidential ticket to the South just because it just ceded its chairmanship position to the North, speaks volume to the level of their understanding of the political mindset of the Northern power brokers who whether we accept it or not, hold all the aces as far as the two leading political parties are concerned.

clear your head from too many conspiracy theories.in political parties decision making governors hold the aces not one phantom cabal in North.
PDP have 9 govs in south, and 3 govs in North basically pdp southern governors hold the ace in pdp decision making which they have exercised presidency is coming to south .no conspiracy theory or one phantom cabal that exist in the sky can overturn the decision of southern pdp governors.

Very good development and a positive step in the right direction. zombies wil have sleepless nights over this

Having been a nonpartisan person for years, after Jonathan m*m*ishly ceded the power to the present president, I think it is time to join active politics like I did while I'm school.

P! D!! P!!! Power!!!

Power to the people!

Politicking is on

Congratulations to APC in advance. The PDP has foolishly handed power to the APC free of charge.

What happen to born to rule people? If only the hausa people can begin to exert their uniqueness from the fulanis the country Nigeria can still be salvage. Shalom