ABUJA—All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it would stick
to its zoning formula ahead of its forthcoming national
convention.
has effectively shut out aspirants from other zones other
than those where certain offices had been zoned. The
convention is slated for June 23.
This is as the party, yesterday, commenced screening of no
fewer than 179 aspirants jostling for various positions in its
National Working Committee, NWC, and other national offices.
Chairman of the National Convention Screening sub-Committee
and governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, who
disclosed this to journalists at the venue of the screening in
Abuja, said: “The total number of aspirants nationwide is about
179, though specifically I cannot immediately tell you their
geographical spread.’’
Asked whether his committee may disqualify any aspirant, he
said it was too premature for him to say, adding that the report
of his sub-committee would be presented tomorrow.
On the issue of zoning, the Katsina governor declared that “you
can only contest for any position zoned to your zone.”
‘’So far, those who applied for positions from the North-west
are from the North-west, nobody from the North-east or
elsewhere applied for the positions zoned to the North-West.”
