SORTED: South-west and south-south swap positions as Buhari endorses zoning formula

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the proposed zoning formula for the national offices of the All Progressives Congress (APC), TheCable can report.

The president approved of the zoning formula in a document he signed on March 1, which supersede the one he signed on February 25.

The position of national secretary, currently occupied by John James Akpan Udo-Edehe from the south-south, will now go to the south-west.

The south-south will now produce the national publicity secretary, previously zoned to the south-west.

The deputy national chairman, previously signed off to the north-west with Farouk Aliyu Adamu named as the consensus candidate, will now come from the north-east.

Ken Nnamani (pictured), former senate president, was named for the position of deputy national chairman (south) in the previous document but while the position will remain in the south-east, the preferred candidate in not named on the new list.

TheCable understands that Nnamani is still the preferred candidate for the position.

Adamu Abdullahi, former governor of Nasarawa state, is the consensus candidate for the national chairmanship which is zoned to the north-central.

He will not have opponents at the national elective convention of the party scheduled for March 26.

Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo, was picked as APC national chairman in 2018 under similar circumstances. He was unchallenged.

The ruling party’s constitution provides for consensus candidates.

The other NWC positions were left open — an indication that they will be contested for by aspirants at the convention.

Here is how the party’s national offices are zoned in the latest amendment.

NORTH-CENTRAL

• National Chairman
• Deputy National Secretary
• National Vice-Chairman
• Deputy National Publicity Secretary
• Deputy National Legal Adviser
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-Officio member

SOUTH-SOUTH

• National Vice Chairman
• National Publicity Secretary
• National Women Leader
• Deputy National Welfare
• Deputy National Treasurer
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-officio member

SOUTH-WEST

• National Secretary
• National Youth Leader
• National Vice-Chairman
• Deputy National Auditor
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-officio member

SOUTH-EAST

• Deputy National Chairman (south)
• National Treasurer
• National Vice-Chairman
• National Welfare Secretary
• Deputy National Organising Secretary
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-officio member

NORTH-WEST

• National Legal Adviser
• National Financial Secretary
• National Vice-Chairman
• National Organising Secretary
• Deputy National Youth Leader
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-officio member

NORTH-EAST

• Deputy National Chairman (north)
• National Auditor
• National Vice-Chairman
• Deputy National Women Leader
• Deputy National Financial Secretary
• Zonal Secretary
• Zonal Youth Leader
• Zonal Women Leader
• Zonal Organising Secretary
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader
• National Ex-officio member

Editor’s note: This story has corrected the errors in the previous story which did not highlight the fact that the March 1 list supersedes the February 25 version.