{"id":89283,"date":"2021-11-29T10:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89283"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:05:53","slug":"convention-jettison-zoning-focus-on-balancing-positions-apc-youths-tell-party-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/convention-jettison-zoning-focus-on-balancing-positions-apc-youths-tell-party-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention: Jettison Zoning, Focus On Balancing Positions, APC Youths Tell Party Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
Youth leaders of the governing All Progressive Congress (APC)\u00a0 have asked the national leaders of the party to jettison the idea of zoning.<\/div>\n

\nInstead, the youth leaders canvassed for the balancing of position for proper representation at all levels.<\/p>\n

Making the case on behalf of the youths, APC Caretaker\/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Youth Leader, Barr Ismaeel Buba Ahmed, said: \u201cThe issue of zoning, APC has never been big on zoning like that, to be honest, it has always been big on balancing not necessarily zoning and you would remember that in 2014 primaries that President Muhammadu Buhari emerged five people contested for the President, only two were from the same zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the others were from different zones. Late Sam Nda Isaiah was from the North-central, Atiku Abubakar from the North-East, Rochas Okorocha from the South-East. Only Buhari and\u00a0 Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso were from the North-West. So the party did not sit down and zone particular positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in 2014 convention that happened in August, where Chief John Odigie-Oyegyun became the National Chairman, there was no and open committee on zoning that said okay positions, but there was balancing internally. It was like an informal arrangement everybody knew about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, this meeting discussed the issue of zoning, the only thing we want, zoned is not to the political zones, but to the generational zone, which is young people. We want certain positions zoned to us as young people. And that position, once it is zoned, we are also craving the indulgence of the leadership of the party to allow us as young people and stakeholders to be able to decide the leadership of at least that wing of the party and so ditto for women.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor other positions that we want to run, if the NEC by its wisdom decided to zone them to any place we have capable young people in every zone that can match and run for those positions. So, we are expecting that the NEC will sit down at some point before the convention and decide where they want to balance the positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever they decide we want to be part of that decision, one. Two, once that decision is taking wherever it is taking to we have capable young people in every zone, to represent us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He equally fielded questions on the issue of direct or indirect primaries, noting; \u201cthis is not an exhaustive meeting. So, there are certain things we did not discuss. But, ordinarily, as members of this party, we love direct primaries because it\u2019s an opportunity for open inclusion. Everybody gets involved in deciding. Of course, there are certain things that we are afraid of may be the magnitude of the exercise, whether or not any political party in this country should be restricted to a single way of bringing out candidates and whether or not we have the manpower to man 8812 wards when we are doing primaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, other than that, is an open season, is an opportunity for young people to participate in the process. So, direct primaries is something that we will encourage. The party needs to do a lot of homework before it gets to that point. It is not a decision we have taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just saying my own opinion. We have, not as a young people decided on whether or not we support it. I think the National Assembly has done its job, it is up to the President. Once the President signed it, it doesn\u2019t matter what your opinion is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Reading out the communique agreed at the meeting, Deputy National Youth Leader, Hon Bolaji Hafiz Repete, said: \u201cAs leadership of the party, we welcome and applaud the decision of the President, the Progressives Governors\u2019 Forum and all other critical stakeholders of the party to have our National Convention in February 2022, this we believe is in the best interest of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youth leadership therefore recognized the opportunity given to youth in leadership positions at the Wards, Local Governments and States Congresses and also appeal for inclusion of more Youth in the\u00a0\u00a0National Executive Committee (NEC) in the February 2021 Elective Convention.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe APC youth leadership also encourage all members of the party with any form of discontent to take advantage of the National\u00a0 Reconciliation Committee headed by Senator Abdulahi Adamu to air their grievances and seek adequate recompense rather than slugging it out on the pages of newspapers, Social Media, Television or Radio stations.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIn conclusion,\u00a0 the Youth leadership of APC hereby call on all Party stalwarts at every level to please put the interest of party first because promoting personal interest will only lead to the destruction of the party,\u201d the communique read.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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