Pdp zones party chair to the Northeast

Despite  threats of mass defection by some of its chieftains who insisted the position be zoned to the Southwest region, the Peoples Democratic Party has assigned the position of its national chairman to the Northeast geopolitical zone. The decision was reached yesterday at the party’s 70th National Executive Council meeting at its national secretariat in Abuja. The decision, which was made by the party’s zoning committee led by Akwa Ibom State’s Emmanuel Udom, has now cleared the way for Ali-Modu Sheriff, the national chairman of the party, to contest for a full term at the party’s national convention next month.The newly adopted zoning arrangements are as follows:

 i.National Chairman-North-East

ii. Deputy National Chairman-South-South

iii. National Secretary-South-West

iv. Deputy National Secretary-North-Central

v. National Legal Adviser-North-West

vi. Deputy National Legal Adviser-South-South

vii. National Treasurer-South-South

viii. Deputy National Treasurer-North-West

ix. National Financial Secretary-North-Central

x. Deputy National Financial Sec.-South-East

xi. National Woman Leader-North-West

xii. Deputy National Woman Leader-South-South

xiii. National Auditor-South-West

xiv. Deputy National Auditor-North-East

xv. National Publicity Secretary-South-West

xvi. Deputy National Publicity Sec.-North-Central

xvii. National Organizing Secretary-South-East

xviii. Deputy National Organizing Sec.-North-Central

xix. National Youth Leader-South- East

xix. Deputy National Youth Leader-North-West