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PANDEF zones chairman, secretary to Akwa-Ibom, Delta
THE Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has zoned the national chairman and secretary positions of the regional body to Akwa Ibom and Delta States respectively, ending months of internal strife over its leadership, which led to the formation of a parallel body, Pan Niger Delta People’s Congress, PNDPC.
Saturday Vanguard learned that the six-man Zoning Committee set up by PANDEF on Thursday, submitted its report, while the assembly gave the 12-man Election Committee two weeks to come up with guidelines for the election, likely to hold next month.
A PANDEF leader, who confirmed the zoning to our reporter, said, “We have zoned the positions and I can tell you unofficially that we have zoned the chairman and secretary positions to Akwa Ibom and Delta states.
The committee zoned positions to all states and the consensus is that all the ethnic nationalities must be involved in the process.” “For instance in Delta state, which got three positions, each of the three senatorial districts will fill the respective positions,” he hinted.
Vanguard, October 28, 2017
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