We’ve zoned 2019 presidential candidate to North – PDP

Acting National Chairman, PDP, Uche Secondus
The Acting National Chairman of the the Peoples Democratic
Party, Chief Uche Secondus, said that the party had resolved
that its presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections
would come from the North.
He also said the former ruling party would not repeat the
“mistakes” it made in 2015 again.
Secondus stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while receiving the
report of the PDP Post-Election Review Committee.
The committee was chaired by the Deputy President of the
Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.
Secondus, who said that the report of the committee would be
implemented, however, added that it would be sent to all the
caucuses of the party for approval.
He said, “We, members of the party and the National Working
Committee, have resolved that our presidential candidate for the
2019 presidential election would come from the North.
“We won’t make the mistakes we made in the past. We are
going to move the party forward and all our members should
know that we have resolved to respect the constitution of the
party.
“We would also abide by zoning and all organs of the party
would be carried along in deciding or debating the reports of this
committee.”
Secondus also called on members of the ruling party and its
leadership, the All Progressives Congress, to take the nation’s
interest into their hearts.
Presenting the reports of the committee, Ekweremadu urged the
party to implement its recommendations.
He said it would be wrong for the party to dump the reports as it
was done to other reports submitted to the party in the past.
He said, “This is not the first time our party has set up a
committee; and this is not the first time it will be receiving a
report of this magnitude.
“The problem, which is also one of the cardinal reasons we
found ourselves in this sad state, is that virtually all the reports-
great ideas, stringent efforts and sacrifices by our party men
and women – were never implemented, but rather abandoned to
gather dust.
“Among many key recommendations, the committee proposed a
nationwide biometric membership registration to align the party
records with modern technology and further boost the integrity
of our membership records as a precursor to other reforms we
have recommended.”
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