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Mr Tambuwal says out of the 16 years the party was in power, the South alone under Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan did close to 14 years.

Ahead of the forthcoming primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged that the party’s presidential ticket be zoned to the North, for fairness.

Mr Tambuwal, who is one of the presidential aspirants of PDP, made the appeal on Tuesday in Lafia during a consultation visit to the Nasarawa Chapter of the party.

The PDP presidential aspirant said out of the 16 years the party was in power, the South alone under Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan did close to 14 years.

He explained that Umaru Yar’Adua from the North did not spend more than two years before power retuned to the South.

“In the interest of fairness, the presidential ticket should be zoned to the North.

“Out of the six presidential candidates the PDP fielded from 1999, four were from the South and only two are from the North,” he added.

He said the situation in the PDP was different and so nobody should use what happened in other parties to decide what should happen in the PDP.

Mr Tambuwal, however, pointed out that zoning should not be the only yardstick to decide the flag bearer of the party in 2023.

The Sokoto State governor added that though he was contesting for president, it was about rescuing the nation and not just about himself.

He said he was not even concerned about the zoning arrangement but about the PDP winning election in 2023.


He added that himself and others were working towards having a consensus candidate like the APC did during their national convention that produced the National Chairman.

He said he had the experience to turn the country around and put it on the path of development, if elected president.

Similarly, a former Senate President, Pius Anyim, who is also contesting for president under PDP, called on Nasarawa delegates to vote for a South-easterner.

Mr Anyim said it was only right for the PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the South-east to give the people a sense of belonging.

Earlier, Francis Orogu, PDP Chair in Nasarawa, had welcomed the two aspirants who visited separately.


The Nasarawa PDP Chairman assured them that the party was also consulting and would take a decision at the right time.

https://www.timesng.com/news/more-news/520621-2023-tambuwal-urges-pdp-to-zone-presidential-ticket-to-north.html

Tinubu Must contest

Power to the people

North 2023.

The power is already in the North and the North is the most deprived. Well, Oliver still want some more.
Who knows how the North Would have been without power?

Nigeria may never be good again until an igbo man becomes its president

Nigerians be wise
dont vote on basis of party
Nigeria leaders are dealers
vote for people with competence and credibility

If this news is true, Tambuwal is mad

OK

No zoning!

It will be open for everyone.

Let the best man win.




Power to the people.

politicians are all cro0ks

in their minds only the north is qualified to rule.
does he even know the meaning of zoning
it is better he removed 'zone' from that sentence

No hope for South East!?

The northern region has benefited so much from this fraud called Nigeria. They have resisted every voice and force that wants to separate this fraudulent entity. They have produced most head of states and Presidents. They got more states than the rest regions. They control most government agencies and parastatals. They control the Police and armed forces. Dangote their son through government monopoly and economic maneuvers is the richest Nigerian and African today. With all these they have benefited, they are still backward and impoverished in poverty with nothing to show for. During elections they use the useful southern foolish leaders to play their usual divide and rule politics. In all honesty we shouldn’t have been together with the northern region because they keep taking us backward with their beliefs and religious dogmas. Buhari is even worse than Covid 19 and Ebola put together. A monumental disaster and catastrophe. The British has been so wicked and evil on many African countries.

This one that narrowly won his state in 2019 after by election wants to flex muscle. Very unintelligent over ambitious fellow

Selfish people see him mouth like North

Greed

Tambuwal should stop making noise jare

Whenever it's time for zoning they'll know that the entire south are one, when it's time for something tangible they'll divide us, see how he put it, starting that the south have ruled for 14 years, this guys are just so greedy, this presidency should go to the east, that's all I know

Greedy people

I am atikulated. Swfa(southwest for atiku) is atikulated. GET YOUR PVC NOW. OR FOREVER SHUT THE F*CK ABOUT THE EVIL PARTY APC

A very stupid act from that Fulani man. This country does not belong to the northerners

Seconded...
Instead of tinubu Let the north continue

Can the PDP afford to take this gamble? Interesting times ahead. Power should go to the south in any case and preferably southeast...

Let's see who wins and know if Nigeria will still exist after 2023.

ArmaniUhuru:
No zoning!

It will be open for everyone.

Let the best man win.




Power to the people.

Somethings may not just fall into places. The right man for the job may never win election cause of the ethnic/tribal politics.

Tambuwal should get lost.

It’s the turn of South.

I’m happy Wike that used to him has declared for himself.

Lemme see Tambuwal’s political prowess now.

Useless man, so Buhari is not from the North again?

Tambuwal that ran into APC to a Northerner came back to PDP to project another Northerner after 8 years of Northern rule. Nigeria didn't start in 1999

Born to rule mentally you have not turn your state to paradise you want to turn Nigeria selfish man