The Sun reports that PDP has set out to compensate the south east heavily with positions against. This is to counter the perceived marginalisation of the region by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC).
Apart from the position of the vice presidency, the south east will also get the position of the national legal adviser, national treasurer and national youth leader.
By the arrangement of the PDP, the north apart from getting the position of the presidency will also retain the Senate president seat which at present is occupied by Senator Bukola Saraki of the APC.
The north has also been zoned to take the positions of the deputy Speaker, deputy national chairman and the party’s national secretary.
This indication is coming ahead of the national convention of the PDP which is slated for Saturday, May 21 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The south south is expected to get the positions of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the national chairman of the party.
The position of deputy Senate president, deputy national secretary and national organising secretary will be zone to the south west.
The PDP also proposed that a clause in the guidelines for the 2016 national convention be included so that all those who had served the party during the immediate past tenure of the National Working Committee would not be able to contest for any office in the incoming dispensation.
The zoning arrangement:
1 President North
2 Vice President South – East
3 Senate President – North
4 Deputy Senate President – South West
5 Speaker – South South
6 Deputy Speaker – North
7 Chairman of PDP – South South
8 Deputy National Chairman – North
9 National legal adviser – South east
10 National treasurer – South east
11 National youth leader – South east
12 National financial secretary – North
13 National publicity secretary – North
14 National auditor – North
15 National women leader – North
16 Deputy national secretary – South west
17 National organising secretary – South west