Politics
Group demands zoning of presidency to North-Central in 2023
A group simply known as the North-Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) on Tuesday demanded the zoning of the presidency to the region in 2023.
In a statement jointly issued in Abuja by its Publicity Secretary, Sule Audu Dickson and an ex-officio member, Tunde Olusunle, the group described the North-Central as a rallying point for Nigeria since the civil war.
According to NCPF, North-Central which had produced several Nigerian leaders including two former Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) as well as ex-military President Ibrahim Babangida should be rewarded with the presidency in 2023.
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The group stressed that the country’s democracy was midwifed by Abubakar in 1999.
“Babangida was able to move the capital of Nigeria all the way from Lagos to North-Central, which is part of the North,” it added.
By: Isaac Dachen
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