The national executive committee (NEC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will today Wednesday, meet to decide on whether or not its presidential ticket should be zoned.
The zoning of the party’s ticket has remained a contentious issue ahead of the party’s May 28 primaries.
The NEC will today decide on the report submitted by the 37 member zoning committee led by Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom.
The committee had submitted the report three weeks ago.
Besides the zoning issues, the party will also decide on the venue of the party primaries as well as the chairman of the convention committee.
It was learnt that the NEC might uphold the resolution of the Ortom committee to throw the ticket open to all 15 presidential hopefuls.
Recall that the Ortom led committee had insisted that only the NEC would determine whether or not the ticket should be thrown open to all aspirants.
However the Southern and Middle-belt Forum, comprising the Pan Niger-Delta Forum, Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Middlebelt Forum, have been kicking against throwing the ticket open, insisting that the party must zone the ticket to the South.
Also the Southern governors which includes PDP governors from the zone have also insisted on power rotation to the South.
Similarly, the presidential aspirants have also been split over the matter. While the South East presidential aspirants have asked for the party to zone to their region, aspirants from other regions have been intensifying their campaign for delegates votes across the country.