APC Must Treat the path of Equity by Zoning Presidency to Southeast – Gov Akeredolu of Ondo State, To APC

OUR PARTY , APC , MUST TREAD THE PATH OF EQUITY

Our party , the All Progressives Congress , has started the process which will eventually culminate in the presentation of elected political leaders , who must steer the affairs of the country for another term . We have been able to hold the party’s Convention successfully . New officers of the party have emerged in a process that is widely acknowledged as rancour free . The level of understanding and maturity displayed by all and sundry has been commendable . Known adversaries have been forced to accept the emerging fact that our party is formidable and ready for the next general elections . The current socio – economic crises are surmountable . It is commendable that the Government is addressing these issues without drama . The Federal Government and leadership of our great party will come out stronger . We cannot , therefore , afford any internal bickering which holds the potential promise of causing distrust and militating against cohesion , harmony and the zeal to achieve set objectives . The current democratic dispensation is anchored on the unwritten convention driven by a principle of Equity . Political expediency dictates , more appealingly , that while adhering to the spirit and letters of the laws guiding conduct of elections and succession to political offices , we must do nothing which is capable of tilting the delicate balance against the established arrangement which guarantees peace and promotes trust . Our party just elected officers on the established principle of giving every part of the country an important stake in the political calculus . The focus has now shifted to the process which will culminate in the participation of our party in the general elections scheduled for next year . All lovers of peace and freedom must do everything to eschew tendencies which may predispose them to taking decisions which promote distrust and lead to a crisis , the end of which nobody may be able to predict . The leadership of the party ensured that the principle of rotational representation guided its decision at the just concluded Convention . The party Chairmanship position has gone to the North . All other offices have been filled on this understanding . This is the time the leaders of the party must make a categorical statement , devoid of equivocation , on the pattern of succession . The party Executive Committee has fixed a fee for the purchase of the nomination form for the office . It is expected , fervently , that it will proceed to complete the process by limiting the propensities for disagreement to a region for possible micro – management . It is very expedient that we avoid self – inflicted crises before the general elections . It is the turn of the Southern part of the country to produce the next President . The party leadership should have no difficulty in making pronouncement on this very important issue , just as it has fixed various fees for the purchase of forms . This must be done without delay . The principle of Federal Character is enshrined in the 1999 Constitution , as amended . It will be disingenuous for anyone to argue against rotation at this period . We must not keep our party men and women guessing on the position of the leadership of the party . This is the time to weigh in and take control of the process . No statement must suggest , even remotely , that the party harbours certain sentiments which may predispose it to consider throwing the contest open . This is certainly not the time for equivocation .

EQUITY DICTATES THAT WE TAKE A STAND .. ARAKUNRIN OLUWAROTIMIO . AKEREDOLU , SAN GOVERNOR , ONDO STATE . ONDO ST C C