Zoning Arrangements Emerge As APC Fills Vacant Positions

Following the selection of former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Senator Ajibola Basiru as National Chairman and National Secretary, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has come up with a zoning arrangement for filling the remaining vacant positions of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

This decision was taken during the 12th NEC meeting of the party in Abuja on Thursday, Naija News gathered.

Six positions are currently vacant in the NWC due to the death of a member, the resignation of three officers, and the nomination of two committee members for ministerial appointment.

Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari; and National Women Leader, Betta Edu are ministerial nominees; National Vice Chairman (North West), Salihu Lukman; National Legal Adviser, Ahmed Usman El-Marzuk; and Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Muritala Ajaka resigned from their positions while the office of the National Welfare Secretary became vacant following the demise of the occupant early this year.

A member of the party’s NEC told The Nation that the emergence of the new National Chairman from North West, a position earlier occupied by the North Central, informed the rearrangement of the zoning pattern.

The position of National Chairman hitherto zoned to North Central moved to North West while the Deputy National Chairman (North) and National Secretary are still being retained in the North East and South West respectively.

APC NEC also retained the position of National Welfare Secretary and the National Women Leader in South East and South-South.

To appease the North Central for losing the National Chairmanship seat to North West, a compromise was reached at the NEC meeting to zone the office of the National Legal Adviser (which was occupied by the North West) to North Central.