{"id":149863,"date":"2022-02-17T08:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=149863"},"modified":"2022-02-17T08:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:33:36","slug":"2023-theres-zoning-in-pdp-constitution-kawu-baraje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/17\/2023-theres-zoning-in-pdp-constitution-kawu-baraje\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: There\u2019s zoning in PDP constitution &#8211; Kawu Baraje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Kawu Baraje has stated there is zoning in the constitution of the party.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Wednesday in Ilorin, capital of Kwara state by Baraje while briefing reporters ahead of his coronation as \u2018Tafida of Ilorin\u2019 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, there have been calls for the PDP to zone its presidential ticket to the south.<\/p>\n<p>Former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar last week said\u00a0there is no provision for zoning political offices in Nigeria\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/publicofficialsfinancialdisclosure.worldbank.org\/sites\/fdl\/files\/assets\/law-library-files\/Nigeria_Constitution_1999_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constitution.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, the constitution says all of us can run,\u201d Atiku had said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday Baraje said zoning is \u201cclearly stated\u201d in the PDP constitution to give party members a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not in the constitution of PDP before, but it is now clearly stated in the PDP constitution that zoning should be respected,\u201d NAN quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a caveat in the constitution which say that zoning should be respected for the purpose of giving a sense of belonging to all members of the party and for all-inclusiveness except and only when a resolution of the national executive council (NEC) decide otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is stated in the constitution black and white, it was reviewed in the constitution sometime around 2011. Although, before then, it was an oral tradition of PDP and it was even as good as being written.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met it like that when I took over as party national secretary in 2008. Even when it was an oral tradition of the party, it was highly respected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was formally included in our party constitution in 2011 when we were reviewing the party constitution before I left in 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the statement of the former vice-president and chieftain of the PDP, Baraje said: \u201cI think what His excellency, Alhaji Atiku, was talking about was Nigeria constitution, not PDP. If I got him right, he said zoning is not in Nigeria constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Kawu Baraje has stated there is zoning in the constitution of the party. 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