Zoning’s unconstitutional, says PRP candidate

The candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) the governorship election in Anambra State, Dr Stephen Mbah, says the idea of zoning adopted by most of the parties contesting the poll is unconstitutional.

This, he added, led most of the political parties to pick their candidates from Anambra North senatorial zone, which is favoured to produce the next governor.

Speaking with our correspondent in Awka, the State capital, Mbah said the idea is unconstitutional because it was not endorsed by the Anambra State House of Assembly. He described it as a winner-takes-all formula, which would not stand the test of time.

Mbah said it was an arrangement by some group of people to favour certain persons in the race. He said the best approach was to have a rotational system endorsed by the state House of Assembly that would allow each zone to occupy the position for four years.

Mbah said only governors that have done well in their first term should be allowed to vie for a second term.

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