PDP ZONES POSITIONS IN NASS

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the eight principal offices in both chambers of the National Assembly to various geo-political zones in the country.

It, however, refused to name the individuals for the positions, placing the onus on the zonal caucuses of the party in the federal legislature.

The opposition party was, however, quick to endorse the choice of Leo Ogor as Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, stressing that this was done in respect for the extant rules of the lower chamber.

Olisa Metuh, PDP national publicity secretary, said this at a press conference on Wednesday, on the outcome of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja.

According to Metuh, the party also zoned the seat of Minority Leader in the Sen- ate to the South South; Minority Whip, North Central; Deputy Minority Leader, North East, and Deputy Minority Whip, South West. Also in the House of Rep- resentatives, the positions of Minority Whip, Deputy Minority Whip and Deputy Minority Leader were zoned to North West, North East and South East, respectively.

While asking the cau- cuses to conclude the ex- ercise within one week, the party further clarified that the nomination process should “take into consider- ation ranking, gender and religious sensitivities.”

In another development, the PDP has rejected the announcement of Amina Zakari as acting chairman of the Independent Nation- al Electoral Commission (INEC).

Also rejected was Ibrahim Idris as Accountant General of the Federation (AGF).

This comes less than 24 hours after Zakari’s appoint- ment by President Muham- madu Buhari. To the PDP, the two appointments did not follow due process