We Can't Talk About Zoning Without Appraising Our Performance At 2019 Election - PDP

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus has revealed that the party is yet to address the issues of zoning as it is still yet to appraise its performance at the 2019 presidential elections.

Stating the party's stand on zoning ahead of the 2023 Presidential election while addressing journalists on Thursday, Secondus revealed that the party had its mode of operations.

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Secondus further revealed that the party will take its decision on zoning after reviewing its performance at the 2019 presidential election and the cause for its loss

“After the general election, we set up a panel to study and appraise our performance and make necessary recommendations.

“The Governor of Bauchi state, Alhaji Bala Mohammed, is heading the committee and it is still working.

“We did the same thing when we lost election in 2015 when we set up Sen. Ike Ekweremadu committee to look into why we lost. It was from that report that the party took action towards 2019.

“The same way this time, we must study our last outing before looking ahead. We can’t be talking of zoning when we have not appraised how we fared in the last election.

“Moreover, the state of the nation today is such that politics or anything concerning 2023 of three years away should take back stage.

 “All over the country the PDP remains the bride. States under the party’s control rose from 11 to 16, while the party now makes use of internal mechanism to resolve its internal issues.

“At the risk of being seen as blowing our own trumpet, it’s necessary to note that this NWC is the first in transparency and accountability.

“It is the first to function effectively for three years without scandal or dent of corruption.

“The first, also to successfully render account of its monetary expenditures to both National Executive Council (NEC) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as statutorily required.

“The 2019 general election appraisal committee is also expected to finalise its report and some decisions are to be taken and implemented from that.

“In the next one year we also intend to continue the reorganisation of our administrative structure to bring us to the realistic opposition status through digitalisation and upgrading of our offices.

“I believe that what should bother the ruling party most should be governance, the security, the economy, all that have broken down.

“I believe that whoever that is interested in 2023, including the former President, has a bright chance because the PDP is a party of all.

“Everybody will have that opportunity but in clear terms, we have not taken any decision to give anybody ticket for now,’ he said.