2023: Forum says other regions should concede presidency to north-central
- The debate on which region will produce Nigeria's next president is still on
- The North Central Peoples Forum is insisting that the north-central region should produce the next president
- The forum stated that north-central politicians are major stakeholders in the country and should be accorded their rights
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A group, North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) have urged other geo-political zones in the country to concede the presidency to the north-central region in 2023, The Nation reports.
The NCPF said the north-central was yet to have a shot at the presidency under a democratic setting, saying it is enough reason for the rest of Nigeria to consider the region in 2023.
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Addressing reporters in Ilorin, Kwara state on Saturday, December 12, the secretary-general of the NCPF, Khaleel Bolaji, said:
“All the remaining five zones in the country have produced the president of the country while the north-central is yet to have a shot at it under a democratic setting.
“Our votes in the north-central are more than the southwest votes. But because the southwest has the press to make the noise, it always gets its way. If politics is about the number, then we should be placed properly.”
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In a related development, the agitation among the leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congressive (APC) on which region should produce President Muhammadu Buhari's successor may be put to rest next year.
Credible sources in the party say the APC would take the important decision on where its 2023 presidential candidate would come from in June 2021.
Legit.ng gathered that if the north gets the slot of the national chairman of the party during the national convention of the party, the presidential candidate of the party would come from the south and vice versa.
Meanwhile, as the debate on which zone to produce Buhari's successor in 2023 heats up, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has advised the people of the southeast to play good politics if they truly want to get the ultimate office in the country.
Adesina made this known on Friday, December 11, in an article titled, Dave Umahi’s Heart of Lion.
He said the Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, has the capability to contest for president in the 2023 elections.
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