All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally agreed to zone the party’s national chairmanship position to the North Central ahead of the party’s national convention.
CAPITAL POST learnt that governors elected on the platform of the APC under the umbrella of the Progressives Governor’s Forum (PGF) convened on Tuesday to deliberate and arrive at a consensus after which they would communicate their decision on issue of consensus and zoning of party offices ended in deadlock.
As of Tuesday, the APC governors were said to be divided on whether to zone the national chairmanship position to either the North Central or North East.
But at their meeting which continued on Wednesday, the governors eventually settled for the North Central to produce the party’s national chairman.
Also, the Southsouth is likely to produce the National Secretary while the Deputy National Chairman (South) is micro-zoned to Southeast.
The chairmanship aspirants from the Northcentral include Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger State), Senator Umar Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa State), Mallam Saliu Mustapha (Kwara State), ex-Governor George Akume (Benue State) and Mohammed Etsu (Niger State).
Others are ex-Governor Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa State) and former Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abu Bawa Bwari (Niger State).
