ITS OFFICIAL!!! APC Agrees To Zone Presidency To South As North Gets Chairmanship—-Indications have emerged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will zone its 2023 presidency slot to the southern part of the country.
This comes as the party has reportedly decided to zone its chairmanship to the North ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The decision was said to have been reached during President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with eighteen governors of the APC at the State House on Thursday.
Indications have emerged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will zone its 2023 presidency slot to the southern part of the country.
This comes as the party has reportedly decided to zone its chairmanship to the North ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The decision was said to have been reached during President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with eighteen governors of the APC at the State House on Thursday.
Disclosing this while responding to a question, Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i dispelled reports of division among the APC Governors.
He however admitted there were disagreements overtime for the party’s National Convention.
Speaking on the outcome of the meeting, El-Rufa’i revealed that agreement had been reached on the zoning formula.
Explaining the newly agreed arrangements with regards to sharing positions in the party, El-Rufa’i said all offices that were occupied by northerners in the last eight years will go to the south and vice versa under the new arrangement.
“We have agreed a zoning formula for all the six geo-political zones. Essentially, northern zone will have the positions the South had in the last eight years and vice versa.
“It is a very simple, equitable and fair formula. We will now go back and consult at the zonal level and look at the positions that are available and the process of the convention preparation we started in earnest.
“So, by the grace of God, on the 26th of March, we would have done our national convention,” he said.
At the meeting were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
Eighteen of the Governors are in attendance at the meeting taking place at the Council Chambers.
They are from Yobe, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Cross River, Kaduna, Lagos, Borno, Niger, Gombe, Osun, Kebbi, Anambra dep, Nasarawa, Kwara, Kano, Imo, Kogi, Ogun, and Plateau states.
The outgoing Anambra Deputy Governor is also in attendance.
