By Martha Nuhu
Sen. Jonah Jang, former Plateau governor, has joined the race for the PDP’s ticket for the 2019 presidential election, asking for zoning of the ticket to North Central.
Jang, submitted his letter of interest at the state secretariat on Tuesday.
He said that the ticket should be zoned to the area in the interest of equity and fairness.
He argued that the zone had been the belt that tied Nigerians together over time, declaring that he was “the face of that middle belt in the presidential contest”.
Jang regretted that the zone had yet to produce an elected president, saying that his election would end that injustice.
He said that Nigeria was becoming increasingly divided along various lines, and blamed the nation’s enormous security challenges on inherent injustices.
“My innate desire is to rescue Nigeria from the brim of collapse; I want to restore our greatness by building a nation we shall all be proud of,” he said.
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