{"id":176696,"date":"2025-08-29T22:15:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-southern-zoning-as-key-to-party-revival"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:16:03","slug":"pdp-southern-zoning-as-key-to-party-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-southern-zoning-as-key-to-party-revival","title":{"rendered":"PDP Southern Zoning as Key to Party Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Laolu Akande, former spokesman to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone its presidential ticket to the South is an indication that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was right.<\/p>\n<p>Akande stated that PDP\u2019s zoning of its presidential ticket to the South marks the beginning of the party\u2019s resurrection.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during Channels Television\u2019s programme, Inside Sources, Akande said the North cannot produce successors, stressing that power must rotate to the South.<\/p>\n<p>Akande said: \u201cThe PDP has now resolved to bold to zone the presidency to the South, Nyesom Wike is right because it seems to be a late decision but better late than never.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that eight years will go to the North, eight will go to the South in its consensus of rotational presidency is something that everyone in the political scene ought to keep faithful to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t have a situation where eight years of the North is followed by another eight or four years from the North, it\u2019s just not fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo kudos to PDP for coming back to common sense. I dare say that this move by the PDP to zone the presidency to the South for 2027 is the beginning of the resurrection of the Peoples Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Laolu Akande, former spokesman to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to zone its presidential ticket to the South is an indication that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was right. 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