– The peoples Democratic party is having its national convention in May
– The party is expected to make its zoning positions known
– Most of the positions have been zoned to the north while the south east is also well represented
In what might be perceived as a tactical move to win power in 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party has zoned the position of the presidency to the north and the south east will get the vice presidency ticket.
This indication is coming ahead of the national convention of the PDP which is slated for Saturday, May 21 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The Sun reports that the party has set out to compensate the south east heavily with positions against. This is to counter the perceived marginalisation of the region by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC).
File photo of a PDP convention
Apart from the position of the vice presidency, the south east will also get the position of the national legal adviser, national treasurer and national youth leader.
By the arrangement of the PDP, the north apart from getting the position of the presidency will also retain the Senate president seat which at present is occupied by Senator Bukola Saraki of the APC.
The north has also been zoned to take the positions of the deputy Speaker, deputy national chairman and the party’s national secretary.
The north seems to benefit from the proposed arrangement as it will also produce national financial secretary, national publicity secretary, national auditor and national women leader.
The south south is expected to get the positions of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the national chairman of the party.
The position of deputy Senate president, deputy national secretary and national organising secretary will be zone to the south west.
The document proposed that further zoning to the South for the May 21 PDP convention be guided by so many factors.
One of the factors is that the south west and south south had produced the country’s presidents and that the South East has not and therefore should be given the opportunity for the highest office in 2019.
The south south has not had the opportunity of producing the Speaker and Senate president which has been produced by the south west and south east respectively.
While the South East has produced national women leader, the south west had also produced the national treasurer, national youth leader, national financial secretary and national legal adviser.
The party’s zoning arrangement has seen the south south and north central traditionally swap positions while the south south has produced national secretary and national organising secretary.
The PDP also proposed that a clause in the guidelines for the 2016 national convention be included so that all those who had served the party during the immediate past tenure of the National Working Committee
would not be able to contest for any office in the incoming dispensation.
The zoning arrangement
1 President North
2 Vice President South East
3 Senate President North
4 Deputy Senate President South West
5 Speaker South South
6 Deputy Speaker North
7 Chairman of PDP South South
8 Deputy National Chairman North
9 National legal adviser South east
10 National treasurer South east
11 National youth leader South east
12 National financial secretary North
13 National publicity secretary North
14 National auditor North
15 National women leader North
16 Deputy national secretary South west
17 National organising secretary South west
– The party is expected to make its zoning positions known
– Most of the positions have been zoned to the north while the south east is also well represented
In what might be perceived as a tactical move to win power in 2019, the Peoples Democratic Party has zoned the position of the presidency to the north and the south east will get the vice presidency ticket.
This indication is coming ahead of the national convention of the PDP which is slated for Saturday, May 21 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The Sun reports that the party has set out to compensate the south east heavily with positions against. This is to counter the perceived marginalisation of the region by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC).
File photo of a PDP convention
Apart from the position of the vice presidency, the south east will also get the position of the national legal adviser, national treasurer and national youth leader.
By the arrangement of the PDP, the north apart from getting the position of the presidency will also retain the Senate president seat which at present is occupied by Senator Bukola Saraki of the APC.
The north has also been zoned to take the positions of the deputy Speaker, deputy national chairman and the party’s national secretary.
The north seems to benefit from the proposed arrangement as it will also produce national financial secretary, national publicity secretary, national auditor and national women leader.
The south south is expected to get the positions of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the national chairman of the party.
The position of deputy Senate president, deputy national secretary and national organising secretary will be zone to the south west.
The document proposed that further zoning to the South for the May 21 PDP convention be guided by so many factors.
One of the factors is that the south west and south south had produced the country’s presidents and that the South East has not and therefore should be given the opportunity for the highest office in 2019.
The south south has not had the opportunity of producing the Speaker and Senate president which has been produced by the south west and south east respectively.
While the South East has produced national women leader, the south west had also produced the national treasurer, national youth leader, national financial secretary and national legal adviser.
The party’s zoning arrangement has seen the south south and north central traditionally swap positions while the south south has produced national secretary and national organising secretary.
The PDP also proposed that a clause in the guidelines for the 2016 national convention be included so that all those who had served the party during the immediate past tenure of the National Working Committee
The zoning arrangement
1 President North
2 Vice President South East
3 Senate President North
4 Deputy Senate President South West
5 Speaker South South
6 Deputy Speaker North
7 Chairman of PDP South South
8 Deputy National Chairman North
9 National legal adviser South east
10 National treasurer South east
11 National youth leader South east
12 National financial secretary North
13 National publicity secretary North
14 National auditor North
15 National women leader North
16 Deputy national secretary South west
17 National organising secretary South west
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