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In what seems like cutting the Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose's dream short, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, has said that the decision of the committee headed by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, to zone the Presidential candidate to the zone is still intact.
He said leaders of the party would ensure that collective decisions of the party were allowed to hold sway at the end of the day.
Makarfi, in a chat with newsmen at his residence in Kaduna, said PDP would adopt what obtained in previous presidential primaries, where those that did not agree with decisions on zoning were allowed to contest; but at the end of the day, the party had its way.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu committee had last year recommended that the presidential flag bearer of the PDP should emerge from the North and the national chairman from the South; a decision that was upheld at the party’s convention in Port Harcourt.
Makarfi said the decision had not changed, and the party was expecting all its members to abide by it.
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State had since declared that he will definitely contest for the presidency in 2019.
Makarfi said the PDP believes in freedom of expression. “Let me also remind you that when the presidency was zoned to the South in 1999, some people from the North contested and went against it in their own right; but the party went with the decision it took".
“So it is not for an individual to make a case whether to abide by the decision of the party or to go against what the party says, at the end of the day, it is the position the party takes that will prevail.
He said leaders of the party would ensure that collective decisions of the party were allowed to hold sway at the end of the day.
Makarfi, in a chat with newsmen at his residence in Kaduna, said PDP would adopt what obtained in previous presidential primaries, where those that did not agree with decisions on zoning were allowed to contest; but at the end of the day, the party had its way.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu committee had last year recommended that the presidential flag bearer of the PDP should emerge from the North and the national chairman from the South; a decision that was upheld at the party’s convention in Port Harcourt.
Makarfi said the decision had not changed, and the party was expecting all its members to abide by it.
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State had since declared that he will definitely contest for the presidency in 2019.
Makarfi said the PDP believes in freedom of expression. “Let me also remind you that when the presidency was zoned to the South in 1999, some people from the North contested and went against it in their own right; but the party went with the decision it took".
“So it is not for an individual to make a case whether to abide by the decision of the party or to go against what the party says, at the end of the day, it is the position the party takes that will prevail.