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Wednesday, 27 July 2016

PDP zones National chairmanship position to the South

The Chairmanship position of the opposition party, PDP, has been zoned to the South. The Zoning Committee of the party yesterday submitted its report on the zoning arrangements of the 21 available positions up for election between the North and the South at the party's National Convention in August.

According to the zoning committee, offices zoned to the South asides the National Chairmanship includes Deputy National Chairman 1, National Treasurer, National Legal Adviser, National Youth Leader, National Organising Secretary, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Deputy National Woman Leader, Deputy National Auditor and Deputy National Financial Secretary. Offices zoned to the north includes Deputy National Chairman 2, National Secretary, National Financial Secretary, National Publicity Secretary, National Auditor, National Woman Leader, Deputy National Treasurer, Deputy National Organizing Secretary, Deputy National Youth Leader, Deputy National Legal Adviser and Deputy National Secretary.

The party at its National Convention in Port Harcourt Rivers state on May 21st, had zoned the party's presidential ticket for 2019 to the North. 

Sacked Chairman of Appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, was fraudulent- Dogara


Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has reacted to the corruption allegations leveled against him and three other principal officers of the house by the sacked chairman of the House Appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin. The sacked chairman has in the last few days released statements alleging that Dogara and the other principal officers were engaged in over N40 billion budget padding.