A Former National Auditor Of The All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Pro-Chancellor of Olivia University, Burundi, Paul Chukwuma has stated that Anambra State has no history of zoning the gubernatorial position, arguing that zoning is a creation of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance to retain power.
Paul Chukwuma stated this during his various interactions with the leadership of the Anambra Chapter of the APC during the week at his country home in Umueri, in what he described as a move to bolster the APC in Anambra State and energise it for the work that is ahead
“Since the creation of Anambra State in 1991, every gubernatorial election in Anambra State has been contested by qualified indigenes of the state irrespective of the political zone. Even in 2013, when they claimed zoning began, candidates from all zones contested that election. In 2017, the same scenario was repeated, and everyone contested. For anyone to argue that zoning exists in Anambra is simply aimed at pursuing a narrow personal agenda. “
“What I discovered after careful analysis is that zoning was created by APGA to destabilise other political parties, and this is why no one has ever defeated them. Zoning is a natural advantage to APGA, after all, it is more logical to allow a poorly performing Governor to do his final term as a Governor than allow a new person from the same zone who is promising to do just a year with no legal implications if they don’t.”
“To buttress my point that zoning is an APGA strategy, you need to compare the results in all elections APGA participated in before their zoning strategy. In 2011, APGA needed to conjecture some magic to win. In 2013, they introduced zoning, and that competitiveness in Anambra began to disappear. In 2017, Willy Obiano won all the 21 LGAs in Anambra. In 2021, Soludo won all but one LGA in the state. There’s no question about this. To win APGA, you need a candidate who falls outside of their zoning strategy, ” He stated
Further speaking, he urged APC members in Anambra to take charge and reassert the superior argument of the party wherever they are in Anambra, urging them not to be scared of showcasing the part. He argued that the APC remains a necessary vehicle for the development of the South East.
“Governance is about ideas, Ideas are not exclusive to any zone at any point, hence in the search of a functional leadership for our dear state, we have no business limiting these ideas, especially as we are in dire need of workable homegrown solutions that will quell insecurity and entrench prosperity in our state” he concluded.
Zoning In Anambra Is APGA’s Political Strategy Says Paul Chukwuma
