Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the South West, Southeast and South South have reached an agreement on the sharing formula of the 11 party positions zoned to the south ahead of the November national convention of the party in Ibadan.
The position of national secretary will go to the SouthWest under the agreement sighted by The Nation.
Details of the agreement show that Southeast will produce National Financial Secretary (NFS), Deputy National Secretary (DNS), National Women’s Leader (NWL) and Deputy National Youth Leader (DNYL) while the Southwest will have in addition to the national secretary, National Auditor (NA) and Deputy National Organising Secretary (ONOS).
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From the South-South will come Deputy National Chairman-South (DNC-S), National Publicity Secretary (NPS), Deputy National Treasurer (DNT) and Deputy National Legal Adviser (DNLA).
The agreement was signed by the Deputy National Chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja , National Vice Chairman (South-East), Chief (Dr) Ali Odefa; Chairman of the PDP South-South Caretaker Committee, Chief Emmanuel Ogidi and National Vice Chairman, (South-West), Engineer Ajisafe Kamorudeen.
The party,at its last NEC meeting in Abuja, agreed to zone the position of national chairman to the North and the party’s 2027 presidential ticket to the south.