The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to zone the National Chairman of the party to the South-West.
Speaking when Bala Mohammed, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory visited him on Sunday night on his ambition of becoming the next National Chairman, Fayose stated that it was the turn of South West to produce the chairman since presidency will return to the North in the next general elections.
Mohammed disclosed that it is a public knowledge that he is contesting for the post of the PDP National Chairman when journalists asked about his political interest.
In a chat with journalists later, Fayose stressed that the time was not right for the party to have a substantive chairman and that the present care-taker Chairman, Mr. Uche Secondus, should take charge for the next five months to conclude the on-going reorganisation in the party.
He said, “I think the party needs the caretaker committee now rather than a substantive chairman. What I also wish to say again is that for me, it is the turn of the Souh-West to be the national chairman of the party.
“The South-west and the South-South have had their turns and of course the next presidential candidate of the party would be from the north. So I believe it is the turn of the South-West to have the National Chairman. We have to allow the north in the party to begin to search for a credible presidential candidate for the party.
He advised the party to begin the repositioning of the party. “Secondly, we need somebody who could take his time and use this interregnum and put the party into proper position. We do not need somebody who is trying to just finish the tenure of a former leader.
“The time we are now is quite a challenging time and it is not a time for someone to say he wants to just complete a tenure. We should allow the caretaker committee to take over and put proper elections in place for new executives of the party. “You would recall that I told Muazu he has to go and he’s gone now. This time we must entrust the party into the hands of credible people who would not use it to redeem their name or for personal gains. So, to me, there isn’t much that a substantive chairman can do in just five months now.
