The Progressive Governors Forum, a platform for governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has agreed to zone the party’s national chairmanship position to the North Central ahead of the party national convention on 26 February.
After a meeting held on Tuesday to deliberate and arrive at a consensus ended in a deadlock, the APC governors finally reached agreement late Wednesday.
The APC governors were reported to have been divided on whether to zone the position to either the North Central or North East.
On Wednesday, the governors met again and they eventually agreed to zone the national chairmanship position to the North Central.
According to a source at the meeting, the governors zoned the deputy national chairman and national secretary positions to the South.
The party leaders and governors from the South are expected to meet and take a stand on micro-zoning the deputy national chairman and national secretary positions, even as it was learnt that the South East and South South are favoured for these positions.
It was also gathered that the APC governors may have tipped one of the aspirants from the North Central, George Akume, a former governor of Benue State and current minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs as the consensus candidate for national chairman position.
Our source who did not want his name in print because he was not authorised to speak on the outcome of the governors’ meeting said, “Yes, the governors have finally agreed on zoning. They resolved that the national chairman should go to the North Central, while the South should produce the deputy national chairman and the national secretary at the forthcoming national convention,” the source told Leadership.
“It was even suggested that former governor of Benue State, George Akume, be picked as the consensus chairmanship candidate. For the deputy national chairman and national secretary, party leaders and governors from the South would have to meet and decide how to zone the positions among the zones.”
