OUR PARTY, APC, MUST TREAD THE PATH OF EQUITY

Our party, the All Progressives Congress, has started the process which will eventually culminate in the presentation of elected political leaders, who must steer the affairs of the country for another term. We have been able to hold the party’s Convention successfully. New officers of the party have emerged in a process that is widely acknowledged as rancour-free. The level of understanding and maturity displayed by all and sundry has been commendable. Known adversaries have been forced to accept the emerging fact that our party is formidable and ready for the next general elections.

The current socio-economic crises are surmountable. It is commendable that the Government is addressing these issues without drama. The Federal Government and leadership of our great party will come out stronger. We cannot, therefore, afford any internal bickering which holds the potential promise of causing distrust and militating against cohesion, harmony and the zeal to achieve set objectives.

The current democratic dispensation is anchored on the unwritten convention driven by a principle of Equity. Political expediency dictates, more appealingly, that while adhering to the spirit and letters of the laws guiding conduct of elections and succession to political offices, we must do nothing which is capable of tilting the delicate balance against the established arrangement which guarantees peace and promotes trust.

Our party just elected officers on the established principle of giving every part of the country an important stake in the political calculus. The focus has now shifted to the process which will culminate in the participation of our party in the general elections scheduled for next year. All lovers of peace and freedom must do everything to eschew tendencies which may predispose them to taking decisions which promote distrust and lead to a crisis, the end of which nobody may be able to predict.

The leadership of the party ensured that the principle of rotational representation guided its decision at the just-concluded Convention. The party Chairmanship position has gone to the North. All other offices have been filled on this understanding. This is the time the leaders of the party must make a categorical statement, devoid of equivocation, on the pattern of succession.


The party Executive Committee has fixed a fee for the purchase of the nomination form for the office. It is expected, fervently, that it will proceed to complete the process by limiting the propensities for disagreement to a region for possible micro-management. It is very expedient that we avoid self-inflicted crises before the general elections.

It is the turn of the Southern part of the country to produce the next President. The party leadership should have no difficulty in making pronouncement on this very important issue, just as it has fixed various fees for the purchase of forms. This must be done without delay. The principle of Federal Character is enshrined in the 1999 Constitution, as amended. It will be disingenuous for anyone to argue against rotation at this period.

We must not keep our party men and women guessing on the position of the leadership of the party. This is the time to weigh in and take control of the process. No statement must suggest, even remotely, that the party harbours certain sentiments which may predispose it to consider throwing the contest open. This is certainly not the time for equivocation. EQUITY DICTATES THAT WE TAKE A STAND.


ARAKUNRIN OLUWAROTIMI O. AKEREDOLU, SAN
GOVERNOR, ONDO STATE.

https://twitter.com/RotimiAkeredolu/status/1521426705251979264?t=L3EqynwhZwkOXzCwmk8rKw&s=19

South East specifically

Equity you say ? If u want equity the be specific which zone in south

You can't by one mouth say it's turn of the south and the same time done want it zoned to south east

SouthWest


Idiots that their own Governors are busy supporting Atiku and Wike would also want Akeredolu to dash them microzoning


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He should specify the south he's talking about, cos we have bursted that gimmick.

By Southern region, I want to believe he meant South East.

If by Southern region means SW, the North should keep their thing. We've gone pass these petty manipulations from the SW.

This man keep saying Southern turn everytime, but they hate to hear south East turn.

They are only fighting for tinubu/south west interest.

Other southerners should not be deceived.

Yes o. Any of the southern subregions (comprising SW, SE, and SS) should be ready to slug it out. Nobody or region will be gifted the ticket.

This man is a man,why can't the Igbo speak for themselves if they want southeast presidency?

I respect arakunrin so much because of his stance.He has stamped the foot of the Yoruba in gold as brave forthright men

mrvitalis:
Equity you say ? If u want equity the be specific which zone in south

You can't by one mouth say it's turn of the south and the same time done want it zoned to south east

Presidency will never be zoned to Igbo villages. Bring out your candidate and mobilize for him. Power is fought for and won. Power is never given as a gift.

Obasanjo contested against Alex Ekwueme, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Abubakar Rimi and some other clowns. Even MKO Abiola contested against Bashir Tofa in 1993. Presidency was not zoned to Obasanjo or Abiola's village.

AkalaJ:
Yes o. Any of the southern subregions (comprising SW, SE, and SS) should be ready to slug it out. Nobody or region will be gifted the ticket.

Shut up!

Without zoning, did you think that south west would have produced president?

It was zoned to south west in 1999

Olu falae and OBJ contested against each other from the two major parties.

Bendeco02:
This man keep saying Southern turn everytime, but they hate to hear south East turn.

They are only fighting for tinubu/south west interest.

Other southerners should not be deceived.

You can't be shouting NO BIAFRA NO ELECTION yet you want the parties to micro-zone it's tickets to the south east. It shows how lack of seriousness

Aketi sef

Bendeco02:

Shut up!

Without zoning, did you think that south west would have produced president?

It was zoned to south west in 1999

Olu falae and OBJ contested against each other from the two major parties.

Reno was right... Thinking by insulting others to make your view known is the best. Jare support your Peter Obi let others support their candidates.

Na so

tonyuny12:


You can't be shouting NO BIAFRA NO ELECTION yet you want the parties to micro-zone it's tickets to the south west. It shows how lack of seriousness

Shifting goal post is allowed.

So yoruba don't clamor for Oduduwa nation?

Bendeco02:

Shifting goal post is allowed.

So yoruba don't clamor for Oduduwa nation?

No one is shifting goal post. If it is zoned to the south,let everyone contest and whoever doesn't seem to have the numbers should negotiate with others with same fate. Mind you, I'm a safi boy

tonyuny12:


No one is shifting goal post. If it is zoned to the south,let everyone contest and whoever doesn't seem to have the numbers should negotiate with others with same fate. Mind you, I'm a safi boy

Zoning is not even in Nigeria constitution to start.... If you think that SW is good politically or have the number, why kicking against North not to contest?

Bendeco02:

Zoning is not even in Nigeria constitution to start.... If you think that SW is good politically or have the number, why kicking against North not to contest?

Not in Nigeria constitution but in the parties constitutions or gentleman agreement amongst party members. No one is kicking against the north. It's a matter of choice

Fool the two president produced by the North can you tell us the zones they are from ?

mrvitalis:
Equity you say ? If u want equity the be specific which zone in south

You can't by one mouth say it's turn of the south and the same time done want it zoned to south east

Invictuse:
Fool the two president produced by the North can you tell us the zones they are from ?

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Bendeco02:

Zoning is not even in Nigeria constitution to start.... If you think that SW is good politically or have the number, why kicking against North not to contest?

Spot on.

True.

Piggiddiootts should get busy and stop waiting for power to be served them on a platter.

In 1993, Abiola defeated Tofa, a northerner. He did his homework well and did not wait to have the position zoned to the SW

Because he was denied the presidency, Obasanjo was used to compensate the SW. But it did not come on a platter.

He had to defeat Ekwueme in the PDP presidential primaries to clinch the party ticket the first and second time.

So I repeat, power is not handed to anyone on a platter.

The afonja in Akereduolu talking even as they say he's a senior lawyer.
According to him,its the turn of the south which amounts to zoning.
If you won't zone it to the south east,then you have no moral right to tell northerners not to contest.

I was waiting for dis bros to talk..