The issue of zoning is likely to cause some rancour within the ranks of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if the leadership refuses to issue an explicit statement on the matter soon, IgbereTV reports
The issue again reverberated at a summit convened by the South-South Zonal leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to effectively articulate the interests of the geopolitical zone within the prevailing political and economic realities in the country today.
The summit, the first of its kind, held
in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, had the theme, “Engendering a South-South agenda for 2023 and beyond,” with an emergent communique read by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu.
Elumelu reiterated the position of the Southern Governor’s forum for the next President to hail from the region in 2023.
He stated, that “The zone is fully in support of the position of the Southern Governor’s forum that the next President of Nigeria must come from the Southern part of Nigeria.
“The zone is unequivocally committed to the enthronement of true federalism in all its ramifications in principle and practice.
“The summit was convened by the South-South Zonal leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in its committed quest to effectively articulate the interests of the South-South geopolitical zone within the context of prevailing political and economic realities in our nation today, and to reposition the Zone as a key driver of critically needed focussed efforts at national rebirth in these challenging times,” the lawmaker noted.
