APC announces zone to produce next Zamfara governor
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has zoned the governorship position of the party to the central zone.
Alhaji Lawal M-Liman, chairman of the party in the state revealed this after the stakeholders’ meeting held at Government House in Gusau on Wednesday.
Zamfara central zone comprised four local government areas of Gusau, Bungudu, Tsafe and Maru.
The zone has never produced the governor of the state since its creation.
Liman said the meeting was called by the party leadership to discuss mode of primaries, zoning of governorship position and setting up of the committee of reconciliation or consensus among the aspirants for various elective positions.
“We have resolved to adopt indirect primaries to produce candidates for various positions of the party”, NAN quoted him as saying.
“We resolved to set up a reconciliation committee or consensus were necessary, and also resolved that the governorship candidate of the party should be produced from the central zone of the state”, he said.
Meanwhile among the four aspirants that met earlier, the current deputy governor, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala and the speaker of the State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji are from the central zone.
The commissioner of education, Alhaji Muttaka Rini is from Zamfara west zone and House of reps member, representing Kaura-Namoda/Birnin-Magaji federal constituency, Alhaji Aminu Sani-Jaji is from the Northern zone.
