Nigeria: South East and the New PDP Zoning Arrangement

analysis

WHY is the zoning formula coming up again while it was killed and buried when President Goodluck Jonathan indicated interest to run for the 2011 presidency? Lo, as a doctrine in the Christendom asserts, the dead can resurrect. Or this issue is purely a party and not Nigerian affair? Or only the Presidential slot that is not zoneable? Or PDP has become Nigeria?

What must be sounded clear is that Nigeria will remain one and any group which thinks favoured at a time may feel disfavoured another time. But there must be justice, equity and fair play in our polity as well as policy engendering and sustenance. Whether at the party or individual levels, the interest of Nigeria must be paramount and Nigerians must guard against creating divides for selfish aggrandizement of a few citizens.

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