PDP constitutes a committee of 37 wise men to find a way around the thorny issue of zoning in the party, which threatens to divide its ranks
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted its zoning committee comprising leaders of the party from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 37 wise men will decide whether to leave the party’s presidential ticket open or zone it.
The committee was constituted after the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) approved various sums of money for its Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms.
The PDP NEC did not however make any definite pronouncement on zoning the presidential slot. Instead, it resolved to set up a committee to make the decision.
The leaders drafted to navigate the opposition party out of its zoning dilemma are:
1ABIA SEN. MAO OHUABUNWA
2 ADAMAWA H.E. BONI HARUNA
3 AKWA IBOM SEN. EMMANUEL IBOKESSIEN
4 ANAMBRA PROF. A. B. C. NWOSU
5 BAUCHI SEN. ABDUL NINGI
6 BAYELSA RT. HON. BOYELAYEFA DEBEKEME
7 BENUE H.E. DR. SAMUEL ORTOM
8 BORNO SEN. SANUSI DAGGASH
9 CROSS RIVER SENATOR SANDY ONOR
10 DELTA RT. HON. NDUDI ELUMELU
11 EBONYI AMB. FRANKLIN NCHITA OGBUEWU
12 EDO CHIEF TOM IKIMI
13 EKITI H. E. DR. AYODELE FAYOSE
14 ENUGU H. E. RT. HON. IFEANYI UGWUANYI
15 FCT/ABUJA MOHAMMED ABDULRAHMAN
16 GOMBE H. E. DR. IBRAHIM HASSAN DANKWAMBO
17 IMO
H. E. CHIEF ACHIKE UDENWA / CHIEF FIDELIS
IZUCHUKWU
18 JIGAWA H. E. (DR.) SULE LAMIDO
19 KADUNA H.E. ALH. MOHAMMED MAKARFI
20 KANO AMB. AMINU WALI
21 KATSINA H. E. BARR. IBRAHIM SHEHU SHEMA
22 KEBBI KABIRU TANIMU TURAKI, SAN
23 KOGI H. E. IBRAHIM IDRIS
24 KWARA ALHAJI ABUBAKAR KAWU BARAJE
25 LAGOS CHIEF OLABODE GEORGE
26 NASARAWA H. E. MIKE ABDUL
27 NIGER PROF. JERRY GANA
28 OGUN HON. DAISI AKINTAN
29 ONDO DR. OMOTAYO DAIRO
30 OSUN PROF. ADEWALE OLADIPO
31 OYO SEN. HOSEA AYOOLA AGBOOLA
32 PLATEAU H. E. JONAH DAVID JANG
33 RIVERS H. E. RT. HON. CHIBUDOM NWUCHE
34 SOKOTO H. E. ATTAHIRU BAFARAWA
35 TARABA H. E. DARIUS ISHAKU
36 YOBE ALH. ADAMU MAINA WAZIRI
37 ZAMFARA H. E. BARR. MAHADI ALIYU GUSAU
The committee which will be inaugurated on Monday is given two weeks to complete its delicate work.
Going by the Electoral Act which fixes first of June as the deadline for primaries, some PDP leaders who spoke to TheNiche on Sunday said the decision of the zoning committee will make or mar the party’s chances of winning the 2023 presidential election.
