APC zones national chair to North-west
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has zoned the national chairmanship position of the party to the North-west geopolitical zone, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said shortly after the NEC meeting held at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
Morka said this was part of the decisions taken at the meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu and the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
Ganduje was appointed APC chairman by the National Working Committee (NWC) in August 2023 shortly after the resignation of Abdullahi Adamu in July 2023. Adamu from the North Central zone was supposed to serve till 2026.
The NEC’s decision has ended North-central’s agitation for the chairmanship position, and seems to endorse Ganduje’s position.
In the current APC power-sharing arrangement, the North-west zone officially has the Speaker of the House of Representatives, deputy senate president and the national chairman.
The president, Bola Tinubu is from the South-west zone, his deputy, Kashim Shettima hails from the North-east, Senate President Godswill Akpabio from the South-south while the Deputy Speaker is from the South-east zone.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, is the highest-ranking political office holder from the North-central zone.
