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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Monday, July 26 2004   news   editorial/opinion   policy & politics   business   metro   sports   homes/properties   capital market   arts     Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom Goje faults Obasanjo on zoning of presidency From Emmanuel Ande, Gombe GOVERNOR Mohammed Goje of Gombe State has faulted President Olusegun Obasanjo's stand on which region should produce the next president on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor, who spoke recently in Gombe, was reacting to the President's controversial comment last month that the PDP has not zoned presidential position to any region. According to Goje, there was an accord in 1999 before the presidential election that northerners would produce the next president after the tenure of Obasanjo. He maintained that anything outside the 1999 accord would amount to betrayal of trust and that it may affect the success of the party in 2007 elections. He advised PDP executives and strong supporters of the party to adhere strictly to the 1999 agreement and avoid such comments that can disintegrate the party. In May this year, the Northern Governors' Forum and Speakers insisted that the 2007 presidency should go back to the north or they would not accent a lesser position. According to the governor, who is also the chairman of the Northern Governors' Forum, only a majority of the party members can decide where the next president should come from. He said the President is entitled to his opinion and that his opinion cannot be considered as the final position of the party. His words: "President Obasanjo is entitled to his opinion but what the majority members of PDP decide on the 2007 presidential race is final. Obasanjo is not the majority of the party, he has only one vote". Meanwhile, The Guardian learnt that a closed-door meeting of governors that are loyal to Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, have begun in Abuja. Top on the agenda of the meeting is how to fashion out a new political formula to ensure that their candidate emerge victorious in the 2007 presidential race. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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