By Festus Ahon

ASABA—DELTA State Chairman of Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Mr Emmanuel Igbini, has called on the national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, to invoke the doctrine of necessity in the zoning of national offices.

Igbini, in a statement yesterday, said that they had watched with keen interest the ongoing intrigues and manoeuvrings concerning the zoning of some critical elective and appointive offices of the incoming Federal Government.

He said: “We wish to remind Nigerians that zoning and rotation arrangement for certain critical elective and appointive positions at Federal Government level was adopted by Nigerians in the 1995 Constituent Assembly and has been adopted and put in practice since the return to democracy in 1999. This zoning and rotation has ensured political harmony, stability, peace and unity in Nigeria.

“In year 2010, when there was tension in the polity following the unfortunate death of President Umaru Yar’ Adua, the ‘Doctrine of Necessity’ was immediately invoked to maintain peace and unity in the nation.

“Since 1999, all geopolitical zones have been accommodated into critical positions to give a sense of equal belonging.”