The call for micro zoning of various positions being contested for at the December 9 convention of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday got a boost as two aspirants from the northern part of the country maintained that micro zoning had helped the party to stabilize over the years and that it should not be jettisoned for any reason.

A National Treasurer Aspirant, Aminu Bala, while speaking on the issue of zoning, said micro zoning of political positions was introduced by the founding fathers of the party to ensure stability and sense of belonging by every part of the country.

According to him: “Micro zoning have stabilized the party since inception. It was created by the founding fathers to allow people from all parts of the country to have access to political power. Macro zoning will only allow major tribes to dominates the rest people.

“So, the practice over the years is that major positions are shared by the six geo -political zones. Even within the zones positions are  micro zoned among states.”

Similarly, a Deputy National Chairmanship aspirant, A. Y. Gombe, said zoning had helped PDP to stabilize and had helped the party to be truly national.

“Micro zoning is also important. Like I am from   the North East and in our zone, Adamawa/Taraba will produce National vice chairman, Borno / Yobe go for National Auditor while Gombe / Bauchi will go for Deputy National Chairman.

“Since the party’s NEC said presidency is zoned to the North and the National Chairman is zoned to the South. The leaders in the South have to meet and zoned the position to a particular zone if that has not been done, it should be done before the convention”, he said.