North Central Insists On 2023 Presidency, Rejects Party Chairmanship Position

Leaders of North Central zone below the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Motion, NCRM, Tuesday, referred to as on the 2 main political events, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, to zone their 2023 Presidential tickets to the zone within the curiosity of equity and justice.

The group acknowledged this at a world press convention which held in Abuja, yesterday, saying time has come for different geo-political zones to rally behind the North Central to provide the following President of Nigeria.

In his opening remarks, Chairman of the group, Dr. Nghargbu Ok’tso stated the zone is not going to settle for the nationwide chairmanship of any political celebration, stressing that nothing in need of the Workplace of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is nice sufficient for the North Central in 2023.

He famous that North Central has by no means produced a democratically elected President or Vice President, within the historical past of the nation, including that in consequence, different zones ought to yield the ground to North Central in 2023.

In response to a communique issued on the finish of the One-day world press convention, the group stated, “From 1960 until date apart from the interval of navy intervention in Nigerian politics, the North Central area has not had the prospect to provide an elected President of our pricey nation Nigeria.

The communique which was collectively signed by Chairman of NCRM, Dr. Nghargbu Ok’tso, Secretary of the group, Aliyu Mustapha and Public Relations Officer, Chief Alexander Onoja, added that “because the APC and the PDP prepare for his or her respective Nationwide Conventions, we’re alarmed as political juggernauts and elder statesmen from the North Central begin to foyer in earnest for a similar positions in each events.

“It appears as if our leaders have concluded that despite their a few years in prime management as Governors, Senators or Ministers, they’re by some unstated code ineligible, unqualified or excluded from contesting to fly their events’ flags as Presidential Candidates.

“From all appearances, they don’t even see themselves rising as Vice Presidential Candidates. The query is why?

“This mindset, whether or not actual or imagined, is one which our era should cease earlier than it infects and impacts our future generations within the North Central. There isn’t any higher time than the present political dispensation to terminate it by proving that we too have the identical aspirational liberties as any of our fellow residents from any a part of our Nation.

“It’s on this premise that we, the North Central Renaissance Motion, NCRM, demand within the curiosity of equity, fairness and justice that the Workplace of President of Nigeria be ceded to the North Central.”

Requested if group’s aspiration has the backing of governors from the zone, Dr. Ok’tso stated no state chief government from North Central is against the individuals’s willpower to provide a President for Nigeria in 2023.

“The governors are representatives of the individuals. They will’t go in opposition to the need of the identical individuals who elected them. They didn’t simply develop into governors however they had been elected by the individuals. So, I don’t see how any of them will work in opposition to this real and patriotic name of individuals to have certainly one of our personal occupies the very best elective office within the land,” he added.

On the press convention had been delegations from Plateau, Niger, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue states in addition to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.