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budaatum:
Peas in a pod are all peas!

STRATEGIC stakeholders battling for the zoning of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2023 presidential ticket to the North and their counterparts angling for the South have upped their game ahead of the National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting on Thursday.

Among others, the NEC will deliberate and, thereafter, ratify or modify the recommendations of the zoning committee, led by Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.

The zoning committee after tension-soaked meetings in Enugu and Abuja, zoned the national chairmanship to the North, which by PDP tradition means the South would produce the presidential candidate.

However, Vanguard gathered that this is not cast in stone as some stakeholders are working on a number of options.

One is getting the NEC not to ratify what the zoning committee did and allow the current zoning formula to be retained for 2023.

Another is agreeing with the zoning committee but throwing the presidency open. This will enable the stakeholders get a ‘’willing” northern politician, who supports the northern presidency to emerge as chairman.

Such a politician is expected to resign his chairmanship to allow a southerner take the post for the northern presidency to fly.

However, there is fear that the ‘’willing” politician may not vacate his seat, which may leave the PDP with a Northern chairman and Northern presidential candidate that will go against party tradition and ‘mood” of the nation.

Besides, it could lead to repeat of the Senator Ali Modu-Sheriff/Senator Ahmed Makarfi scenario when the former refused to vacate the national chairmanship and the party fought all the way to the Supreme Court to get him out.

If that happens in an election year, party insiders said the PDP would be shooting itself on its foot electorally.

Indeed, a source told Vanguard, weekend that by getting the zoning committee to zone the chairmanship to the North, ‘the South may have played into the hands of the North. What the North is planning is that at the NEC meeting, they will push for the party to announce that the Presidency will be open to all interested candidates.

“In that case, the North will present a top candidate who believes in Northern Presidency and when the time for presidential primaries comes, a northerner may still emerge.”

Meanwhile, ahead of the October 31 national elective convention of the party, leaders and stakeholders of the PDP are set to square up against 13 governors of the party particularly for the position of the PDP national chairman

This is even as Vanguard gathered that key offices in the National Working Committee, NWC, have been micro-shared across all six geo-political zones.

The North-Central will produce the national chairman, national treasurer as well as the national legal adviser.

In the incumbent NWC, the North Central holds the Offices of National Finance Secretary and the National Publicity Secretary.

The South-West which currently has in its kitty the positions of National Deputy Chairman (South) and National Treasurer will produce the National Publicity Secretary.

The South-South currently holds the positions of the National chairman, and Legal Adviser while the South-East holds the offices of National Organizing Secretary and National Youth Leader. In the outgoing NWC, the North-East is holding the positions of Deputy National Chairman (North), National Woman Leader, and National Auditor, while The North-West is holding the position of National Secretary.

On the tension generated by the new zoning formula, the caucus of the party in the National Assembly, the forum of former governors as well as many other eminent leaders in the North are unhappy about what some called the unilateral decision of the governors to impose their will on the zoning committee.

It would be recalled that the National Convention Zoning Committee of the party led by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, last Thursday after a meeting in Abuja recommended swapping of NWC positions such that those being held by North would be taken over by the South and vice versa.

It was learnt that a sizeable number of aggrieved members have equally threatened to protest against the zoning formula in 94th meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) slated for Thursday.

A NEC member who confided in Vanguard accused the governors of using the zoning committee to hatch their earlier plan to prevent serving members of the NWC from seeking re-election in the October 30/31 convention.

Citing section 47(1) of the Constitution of the PDP, he disclosed that should NEC endorse the zoning formula as proposed by the Ugwuanyi-led committee, it may prepare grounds for fresh litigations that may affect the holding of the convention.

Section 47(1) of the PDP constitution reads:

“All National, Zonal, State, Local Government Area and Ward Officers of the party shall hold office for a term of four years and shall be eligible for re-election for another term and no more”

He said: “What the governors are trying to do is a serious breach of PDP’s constitution which guarantees the right to seek re-election for every serving member of the NWC. They raised this at one of the meetings of NEC but were seriously opposed and defeated.

“By suggesting that NWC positions being held by persons from the North be swapped for positions in the South, they have automatically prevented all serving NWC members from seeking re-election. For instance, what if the serving National chairman wants to seek re-election to the same position? What if the serving National Organizing Secretary wants to seek re-election to the same position? You will discover that these persons can’t do so because their positions have been taken away from their zones,” he stressed.

snarkynehne:
Firstly try the open minded ones, try communicate with them slowly probably with the latest musics, celebs gists, or about social media. Then let them know more about you, mind you, they are very materialistic. and lastly don't try to fall in love ohh! they will pieces your heart... But all in all, they are very sweet to be with

Lionnation:
When aboki still dey wear em cap back heads now them don emulete Igbo come dey wear the cap like human being

banom:
Well since you have decided to attack me directly, let me give it back to you directly....to start with before you talk to someone about his life condition in a faceless forum like this one, stop and ponder that that person might actually be someone well placed in real Life.

You called me poor which is funny to me, for your information,. I come from one of the richest and most popular families you hear about in Nigeria, I have never known poverty or lack since I came into this world. I was actually a billionaire before my parents conceived me. I was born and raised in one of the most important neighborhoods in Nigeria. If that is what poverty is, I'm gladly a poor ipobian as you put it. And I will remain so forever.

Meanwhile let me help your life a bit,drop me your account details here and fulfill a simple requirement here openly, let me dash you 300k to go and help your life that Nigeria has wretched beyond redemption. I'm waiting.

Generalwoodz:
pls don't try to annoy me this hot afternoon. If you want video from the very moment they were removed from the Mortuary in General Hospital kaura Local government I would provide them!... It's a large file morethan an hour long.

Well. This attacked occurred in the wee hours of this week Sunday. Against the norm, the people decided to give the deceased a befitting funeral with atleast a casket... An individual with his/her own casket. In the past, they hastely pack the victims into

Khaleepha5681:
Don't forget that there were Four regions before and they're East, West, Midwest and North

Now north have merged you all three regions as one;South Nigeria. Now north has 19 states and Those regions combined as one have 17 states

Don't worry if you take away middlebelt we are happy that only NE and NW will be called North....gradually gradually we will combine you and middlebelt as one and North will live.

It is another threat to you not us.

So no northerner is maginised, because now middlebelt are on their own. No more northern Christian now.

Khaleepha5681:
That's it. And they'll do

People are shouting, party chairmanship and presidential ticket can't come from same direction where they have not constitutional reason.

First republic did so, and it's nothing new

Khaleepha5681:
I just laughed when I see southerners thinking northern chairmanship means southern presidency

South should take what north throw it and use it against them

It's clear now, we're going back to first republic, where chairmanship of the party and candidature comes from one direction.

But now is worst, because APC and PDP are about to be taken over by north. North humbly is accepting this to fight some Big men from South and get canditure at the same time.

Northernisation is sure by southern fools

Johnnyessence:
Nice one from the Pdp governors for ceding the national chairmanship seat of the party to go to the northern region and presidential seat to go to the southern region. This is the best move as far as I’m concerned . Pdp !!! Power to the people.

Neokhalifa:
Bala Mohammed committee threw the contest open to all Nigerian from every part ,thinking he is smart. Ugwuanyi committee has zoned the party Chairmanship to the North which is well calculated and a planned job well done by Governors of the south and Benue gov. , a committee that was set up to do otherwise against the igbos using one of their own bt the committee choose the ryt part.
NB During the convention to elect the presidential candidate, indirect primaries will be used and which favours the south because they have more delegate owing to the fact that they have more political office holders from the party as delegates and also they have more sitting governors meaning more money to spend to lobby delegates

eguarojeona:
You northern Muslims think you are the only northerners?You think the Christians and animist in benue,kogi,taraba, plateau,gombe,bauchi,adamawa will vote for you islamist fundamentals terrorising them?You are deluded.Without the south no northern Muslim can win any presidential elections.You all have been playing on the south's leniency.High time the whole south and north central take over.You Muslim north will never smell power anymore.

eguarojeona:
Which north?You think the Christians in the north will vote for you islamist fundamentals anymore?The north can't win without the south and north central.

eguarojeona:
Lol, funny thing is its not the north.Buhari had to wait for the sw to support him before he could win.

eguarojeona:
You northern Muslims think you are the only northerners?You think the Christians and animist in benue,kogi,taraba, plateau,gombe,bauchi,adamawa will vote for you islamist fundamentals terrorising them?You are deluded.Without the south no northern Muslim can win any presidential elections.You all have been playing on the south's leniency.High time the whole south and north central take over.You Muslim north will never smell power anymore.

Kingpin1000:
It won't be open, can't you see how the votes were caste. It was North against south, and south is majority in PDP. You are just consoling yourself, Uguanyi will not want their northern money bag Atiku to run na, you know that man is a selfish man. Immediately He knows He can't get the Presidential ticket, He will decamp. Let them collect His money, give Him hope that the ticket will be open until it's to late to run, even if he runs He may have invested so much.

Sirjamo:
Finished party

kcnwaigbo:
And you think a Northern PDP chairmanship will foreclosure a presidential candidate coming from the North?

mandax:
If PDP zones its chairmanship post to north, it must come out clear to say that it has zoned it’s Presidential ticket to the south.
North can’t hold the Chairmanship post and present the party’s presidential candidate at the same time.

zionstaar75:
So d president and chairman will come from same place?is that even possible

muykem:
I salute PDP for this decision.

twhy111:
He should take heart.
All these old men self, don't they get tired of holding public office?

The quest by former Osun state governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to become the next national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday, came to an end following the zoning of the office to the North by the party.

Reading out the communique to journalists at the end of its meeting which lasted several hours, chairman of the PDP zoning committee and governor of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi said offices hitherto held by Southerners would go the way of Northerners and vice versa.

This he noted, is in compliance with the party’s constitutional provision in the spirit of fairness, justice and equity.

“The decision of the PDP zoning committee is in line with the constitution of the party on zoning and rotation of party and national offices in the interest of justice, equity and fairness.

“Consequently, the current offices being held by officers in the Southern zones of the country, namely, South-West, South-East and South-South zones , should swap places with the offices currently in the Northern zones of Nigeria, namely, North-West, North-East and North-Central zones,” he said.

For the umpteenth time, Ugwuanyi told newsmen that the mandate of the committee “does not include zoning of the offices of the President, Vice President and other executive and legislative offices of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And the decision of the committee to zone the party offices does not in any way affect the executive and legislative offices in Nigeria.”

He continued: “Zoning of offices in PDP has traditionally been between the North and South of Nigeria.

“We shall pass on our recommendations to the National Executive Committee, NEC of the Party through the National Working Committee of the party.”

With this development, the North is expected to produce the national treasurer, national woman leader, national organizing secretary, national legal adviser and national youth leader while the offices of the national secretary, national publicity secretary, national financial secretary, national auditor and national woman leader go the way of the South at the October 31st national convention.

Although the committee distanced itself from permutations pertaining the zoning of national executives in 2023, the Presidential ambitions of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Governor Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Bukola Saraki appear far from over.

And contrary to insinuations that a Southerner is now favoured to fly the party’s Presidential flag, the party appears set to throw the race open to both the South and the North in line with the recommendation of the Bala Mohammed committee on the review of the performance of the PDP in the 2019 Presidential election.

The meeting was attended by the deputy chairman of the committee and governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, deputy governor of Zamfara state and secretary of the committee, Aliyu Mahdi, ex-Senate Presidents, Anyim Pius Anyim and David Mark among others.

ultiabaz36:
Dear Afonjas, IPOB and Arewas,

The retirement age in Nigeria is 60years and Nigeria will be 61 I'm few hours time. My sincere question is that should we retire Nigeria now or we should continue the journey?

Staysave:
Ma gee
It's is well...


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I thought you guys said the North is the most peaceful place in Nigeria...

alanto:
Do not send any money to PANPIEC. I repeat do not send any money to PANPIEC.

dapolaw:
I beg to disagree with you, didn't the same north voted against Buhari in favor of Sambo in 2015?

dapolaw:
I respect your analysis, while you noted that PDP will sweep SS because they might have VP slot have you also put into consideration the northern vp slot if at all the APC gives her ticket to the SW?