ZONING SHOULD BE RESPECTED, SAYS AMAECHI

MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION ROTIMI AMAECHI HAS BACKED THE CALL FOR THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) TO RESPECT ITS ZONING FORMULA IN PICKING ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR 2023 ELECTIONS.

AMAECHI SAID ON AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWSMEN THAT HE AGREED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF HIS COUNTERPART IN THE MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING, BABATUNDE FASHOLA.

FASHOLA ON TUESDAY URGED THE PARTY TO RESPECT ITS ZONING FORMULA IN PICKING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

HE DESCRIBED THE DECISION AS TO THE CORE OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED BY APC FOUNDING FATHERS, PRIOR TO THE 2015 ELECTIONS.

AMAECHI SAID ZONING SHOULD BE RESPECTED AS AGREED BY THE PARTY.

HE REFUSED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON WHETHER HE WOULD CONTEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY, EITHER IN 2023 OR IN THE FUTURE.