As the zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party – the PDP meets today to decide their resolution on zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket, there are currently, two divides in the campaign for the zoning of the presidential ticket.
On the one hand is the pro-zoning group, which wants the presidential ticket to be zoned to the South. This group consists majorly of PDP leaders from the South, while on the other hand the proponents of no zoning are majorly from the north. At the head of this group are leaders of the opposition party from the North. The latter wants the PDP presidential ticket thrown open to all qualified aspirants.
However, each of the two divides anchors their demands on the quest for equity and fair play. While the pro- zoning group argues that since by convention power has rotated between South and North since the inception of the present democratic dispensation, it will be immoral for the PDP or any of the major political parties to want to field a Northerner as its presidential candidate in 2023, by which time, the North through President Muhammadu Buhari would have occupied the Presidency for eight unbroken years.
As it stands, the Peoples Democratic Party seems to be in a fix on how to handle issues surrounding the zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket, without causing disaffection within its fold – Especially in the southern part of Nigerian fold.
For a critical view of what to expect in today’s meeting, Dele Momodu, a PDP Presidential hopeful, a journalist/publisher, businessman, and motivational speaker joins us.
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