Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South as a necessary sacrifice for unity.
On Monday, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) — its highest decision-making body — resolved to cede the presidential ticket to the South, while retaining the national chairmanship position in the North. The arrangement effectively rules out Mohammed and other northern PDP leaders who were believed to be eyeing the party’s ticket.
Speaking with journalists in Bauchi on Tuesday, Mohammed said politics must be guided by collective interest rather than personal ambition.
“I am very satisfied with the resolution because I was part and parcel of it, from the arrangement to the strategy and delivery,” he said.
He added that the party has scheduled its convention for November 15 in Ibadan, Oyo State, with another NEC meeting fixed for October 15.
“We agreed to maintain the existing zoning arrangement for party offices and to zone the presidential ticket to the South in order to promote sanity, understanding and unity,” the governor stated.
“Politics is not about self-interest. It is about actualisation within the framework of party decisions, manifesto and national progress. Everything is predicated on sacrifice, not self-interest. We must live and let live.”
Mohammed further urged party members to respect one another and remember that “power comes from God.”
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