By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem
The former Minister of Police Affairs, Major-General David Jemibewon (rtd) has said that for the present controversy over zoning to be tackled, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must take a stand on zoning.
Speaking to newsmen recently in Abuja, Jemibewon, who was the Chairman, Constitution Drafting Committee of the PDPs Constitution in 1999, called on the Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP to make a special case for the present situation by either upholding zoning or abrogating it.
The Board of Trustees (BoT) member, who said it has become necessary for him to support zoning because it would help foster confidence and unity in the nation, said, "At my local government area, we practice rotation and it has worked for us and I believe if properly, honestly and transparently operated, it can and it will work elsewhere.
"At my state, we are advocating zoning/rotation, I cannot therefore be seen to object to it at one level but support it at another. It is my belief that zoning cannot remain for eternity but until we forge a nation out of our divided society.
Jemibewon, who noted that the present political debate on zoning is one of the beauties of democracy, stressed that zoning like any other human situation cannot be static, adding that the solution to what he described unhealthy controversy can only be resolved by the PDP and its leadership.
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