Cross River APC promises to legitimize zoning of governorship ticket
From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
The Cross River State Chapter Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Alphonsus Ogar Eba says zoning of the governorship ticket will be legitimised by the incoming administration.
He said this is aimed at making zoning actionable in court and prevent the practice from being obstructed by politics parties or candidates.
Alphonsus Eba disclosed this in Calabar while reacting to the outcome of the last governorship elections in the state where his party emerged victorious.
According to him, “The zoning principle which today Cross Riverians have endorsed should remain an abiding faith in us.
“We shall move a motion and ensure that the eight years that is guaranteed for each senatorial district will never again be obstructed or truncated.
“We will frame a bill that will make it actionable or criminally liable is any party or Cross Riverian from any Senatorial District decides to run against the zoning principle because this is what the state has come to endorse”, he said.
Oracle Today reports that the state operates a gentleman’s agreement on zoning where power rotates between the three senatorial districts of the state.
This agreement was however threatened during the last elections where the opposition party, the PDP presented a flag-bearer outside the arrangement.
The party chairman said the party will legitimised it because the elections result is a referendum and the state has come to a consensus on this issue.
He added that the incoming administration will be magnanimous in victory and will extend a hand of fellowship to other political parties.
He said this is in line with the message of the governor elect and the aim is to recruit the best for the state and take it to the next level.
“Our dear brothers on the other divide should hearken to the message of our governor elect and we want to align totally with his message.
“It is going to be an all inclusive government where people from Labour Party, PDP, and other parties will be brought in and the best among whom will be recruited to take the state to the next level.
“We will be magnanimous in victory and share the bounty with everybody and every Cross Riverian including non-indigenes resident here will have a place in the incoming government”, he said.
