The Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACON) has condemned the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, warning that the move amounted to “political marginalisation” of the North.
Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group cautioned that the decision could have “grave consequences” for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections.
Naija News recalls that the PDP’s National Executive Committee, at its 102nd meeting in Abuja on Monday, resolved that the party’s next presidential candidate should emerge from the South.
But JACON argued that the decision was unjust, stressing that despite being the “backbone” of PDP’s electoral victories since 1999, the North had been denied equitable access to the presidency under the party.
Reading from the text of the press conference, Ambassador Sani Yaya, JACON’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, said, “It is an undeniable historical fact that the North was short-changed during PDP’s 16 years in power. While the South dominated the presidency for over a decade, the North barely had two and a half years. To now zone the ticket back to the South in 2027 is a deliberate attempt to permanently sideline the region.”
The group insisted that fairness and equity demanded that the party return its ticket to the North in 2027.
JACON further warned that the North would no longer serve as the “political beast of burden” for a party that relied on its votes but denied it leadership.
“The North can no longer continue to be the political beast of burden for a party that only uses its votes but denies it leadership. If this injustice is not corrected, we will mobilise our entire structures to respond appropriately at the polls,” the statement read.
The group announced plans to convene an emergency meeting of its affiliate bodies to deliberate on a “comprehensive strategy” against the PDP’s zoning formula.
It also urged Northern political, traditional, and religious leaders to resist what it called a “brazen act of exclusion,” stressing, “The time for acquiescence is over.”
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