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Ahead of its national convention billed for March 26, the All Progressives Congress (APC) might have finally set the ball rolling by zoning key party positions.

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday after President Muhammadu Buhari held a meeting with APC governors, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna governor, said the northern zone would have the positions the southern zone held before.

El-Rufai said all the APC governors and the president are on the same page as regards the zoning formula.

“We have agreed to a zoning formula for all the six geo-political zones,” the governor had said.

“Essentially, the northern zone will have the positions the south have had in the last eight years. And vice versa. It is a very simple, equitable and fair formula.

“We will now go back and consult at the zonal level and look at the positions that are available and the process of the convention preparation we started in earnest.

“By the grace of God, on the 26th of March, we would have done our national convention.”

Here is how the ruling party zoned its national offices, according to a list that is yet to be confirmed or denied by the party hierarchy.

NORTH-CENTRAL

• National chairman
• National vice-chairman
• Deputy national secretary
• Deputy national legal adviser
• Deputy national publicity secretary
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organizing secretary
• Zonal women leader
• Zonal Persons with Disability (PWD) leader

SOUTH-SOUTH

• National vice-chairman
• National publicity secretary
• National women leader
• Deputy national treasurer
• Deputy national welfare secretary
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organizing secretary
• Zonal women leader

SOUTH-WEST

• National secretary
• National vice-chairman
• National youth leader
• Deputy national auditor
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organizing secretary
• Zonal women leader
• Zonal persons with disabilities (PWDs) leader

SOUTH-EAST

• Deputy national chairman
• National vice-chairman
• National treasurer
• National welfare secretary
• Deputy national organizing secretary
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organizing secretary
• Zonal women leader
• Zonal Persons with Disabilities (PWD) leader

NORTH-WEST

• National vice-chairman
• National legal adviser
• National organising secretary
• National financial secretary
• Deputy national youth leader
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organising secretary
• Zonal women leader
• Zonal Persons with Disabilities (PWD) leader

NORTH-EAST

• Deputy national chairman
• National auditor
• National vice-chairman
• Deputy national financial secretary
• Deputy national women leader
• Zonal secretary
• Zonal youth leader
• Zonal organising secretary
• Zonal women leader
• Zonal persons with disabilities (PWD) leader