{"id":57001,"date":"2024-11-26T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57001"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:46:50","slug":"pdp-coalition-urges-zoning-of-2027-presidential-ticket-to-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/26\/pdp-coalition-urges-zoning-of-2027-presidential-ticket-to-south\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Coalition Urges Zoning of 2027 Presidential Ticket to South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Faith Adama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Coalition for PDP Unity has called on the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, citing past electoral defeats as a result of ignoring the party\u2019s power rotation principle.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the coalition\u2019s national coordinator, Grema Muhammad, stressed the importance of unity and fairness in the party&#8217;s decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The deviation from zoning eroded our influence in regions like the South-East. We cannot afford to repeat the same mistake in 2027,&#8221; Muhammad warned.<\/p>\n<p>He urged PDP leaders to prioritize competence, integrity, and vision in selecting candidates, emphasizing that party unity must override personal ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery member must align their aspirations with the collective interest of the PDP. The ultimate goal is victory in the presidential election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To advance its agenda, the coalition plans a nationwide campaign to mobilize support across all geopolitical zones.<\/p>\n<p>This push comes as the PDP intensifies discussions on reforms and strategic planning ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faith Adama The Coalition for PDP Unity has called on the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, citing past electoral defeats as a result of ignoring the party\u2019s power rotation principle. Speaking in Abuja on Monday, the coalition\u2019s national coordinator, Grema Muhammad, stressed the importance of unity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57002,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57001\/revisions\/57002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}