Two years to the 2027 general election, a coalition under the auspices of North Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM) has intensified its advocacy for the country's presidency to be ceded to the North Central geopolitical zone.
Consequently, the coalition has held high-level consultations with prominent figures in the zone comprising Niger, Kogi, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kwara and the FCT.
They have also visited other prominent personalities in other parts of the country.
Already, the chairperson of NCRM, Prof. K'sto Nghargbu, has met with a former national security adviser (NSA), General Aliyu Gusau, Senator John Danboyi and the Onah of Abaji, His Royal Highness Musa Baba Yunusa to push for the agenda of North Central Presidency in 2027
Nghargbu said the zone has suffered great political setback since independence and return to democratic rule in 1999 through denial of president and vice president slots and many years of political manoeuvering in the occupation of the inconsequential office of national chairmen of ruling patties.
He appealed for the cooperation of all Nigerians to make the agitation a reality and put the zone in the equation of other zones which have enjoyed the constitutional right of producing president and vice president.
The NCRM leader insisted that the zone has what it takes to lead rather than to be led all the times and the future should begin with the 2027 federal political arrangement.
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LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that the coalition had in a communique issued recently, said that if the All Progressives Congress (APC) chooses to give President Bola Tinubu the right of first refusal to fly the party's ticket in 2027, then it must ensure his running mate emerged from North Central while other political parties must feature presidential candidates from the zone.
"The North Central's historical exclusion from the top two offices in the nation outstrips any claims to political marginalisation by any other geopolitical zone, we speak strongly that the demands of equity, fairness, justice and political inclusiveness can begin to be met by the lead opposition party, the PDP, and the governing party, the APC, picking their 2027 presidential and vice presidential candidates from our zone respectively.
"All other political parties that aspire to lead this country in two years' time should also take a cue from this expected political justice sought by the People of the North Central. Such an action will simultaneously satisfy the demands of political astuteness expected of any Party which has her hands on the pulse of the nation.
"It is on this premise that we, the North Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM) demand in the interest of fairness, equity and justice that the Office of President of Nigeria be ceded to the North Central in 2027," the communique read.
