Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has again raised the
importance of zoning principle in choosing leaders that would occupy positions
in the 10th National Assembly, stressing that it was the only way of achieving
equity and balance among the geo-political regions.
He directed his advice to the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC), a party he dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
to join before the general elections, even as the party prepares for the
gubernatorial elections slated for Saturday March 18.
Umahi, who is believed to be eyeing a leadership position in
the Senate, got elected into the upper legislative chambers to represent Ebonyi
South Senatorial District, recently.
According to him, only through zoning can the party ensure
balance of power among the geo-political zones of the country.
The advice came shortly after he met behind closed doors
with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.
The governor disclosed that his mission to the seat of power
was to thank President Buhari for naming the newly completed medical school in
Ebonyi State after him (Umahi);
He further disclosed that he used the meeting to invite the
President for commissioning of infrastructure projects in the state; including
the new Ebonyi Airport, which he also wants the Federal Government to take
over; as well to seek approach for conversion of Akanu Ibiam Polytechnic to a
University of Science and Technology.
The governor spoke to the issue of zoning while responding
to a question on the chances of the ruling APC, which has already returned the
highest number of senators-elect, to zone the President of the Senate office to
the Southeast region of the country.
“I’m a party man and very committed to decent process, the
party and, of course, the President-elect directed that we shouldn’t talk about
that yet, we should all go back and work for gubernatorial and State House of
Assembly elections and I want to obey that directive not to talk about it.
“But I believe strongly that zoning must be done by the
party, the party should not allow everybody to jump into the race and then in
doing zoning, when the time comes, they must look at all the parameters so that
we can carry all the regions along, this is very important.
“But I won’t want to say further because the party directed
that we shouldn’t talk about it until we have done our elections. Just be
assured that APC is getting very strong in the Southeast”, he said.
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