Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State and some states in the North Central have urged the North Central not to compromise the 2023 presidency for any other position because it is time the presidency is zoned to them for the sake of “equity and fairness”.
The APC leaders who met in Jos, the Plateau State capital, called on leaders of the party from the zone vying for the national chairmanship seat to have a rethink as that could cost the Northcentral the 2023 presidency.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga said: “As APC members/leaders from the North Central region with like minds, we have decided to have a kind of forum where we will be initiating programmes and political activities for the benefit of the region.
“We have been meeting ourselves at political programmes, conferences and similar fora, and we decided to unite and pursue a common cause for the region.
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“Foremost on our agenda right now however is the issue of the 2023 presidency which we want it to be zoned to the North Central. This is because apart from the military era, since the democratic dispensation the region hasn’t actually produced either the President or the Vice President, but has tremendously contributed to the democratic growth in the nation.
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“Therefore, it would be fair and equitable enough for the presidency to be zoned to the region. But we have seen through a move that could jeopardize the quest, that is the acceptance of a party’s National Chairmanship position by anyone from the region.
“The political calculation and understanding are that if a party chairmanship is zoned to a region, the presidency would be zoned to another region”,
“That is why we are calling on all our party members from the North Central vying for the party national chairmanship to have a rethink and join hands together to push for the presidency rather than the chairmanship.
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“We also hope that our request would be considered by the APC national leadership and zone the presidency to the region.”
