Youths drawn from all the LGAs of Kwara state who are members of the ruling All Progressives Congress have come out to demand that the party at the National level zone the 2023 Presidential seat to the North Central in order to guarantee equality, justice and fairness. Spokesman of the group, Ajibola Abdulkareem and prominent APC youth leader who hails from Offa says the North Central geopolitical zone has been shut out of the Presidential seat since the nation got independence in 1960.
Speaking in Ilorin after an emergency meeting of APC Youth Ambassadors meeting on Thursday, Mr Ajibola says the injustice against the North Central is unfair and 2023 is the time to correct it by zoning the Presidency to North Central.
The group says the zone has been the soul and unifying factor of our national existence, that there is no justification for the zone to be so shortchanged and neglected that it has not produced a President or Vice President since 1960. They argued that the reason may be because they have not gone the violent way like other zones have done to produce President.
*Are they expecting us to behave like the South South during militancy to produce President, or Northern west/insurgency to produce President or southwest current unrest to produce President before they take us serious?* he asked.
The youth group says the leadership of the party under the Caretaker Committee should pen their names on the book of history by zoning the Presidency to the North Central and they would be forever remembered for it.
Speaking in the same vein, Abiodun Adekeye, member of the group says the Youths of North Central are resolute and ready to mobilise for the party more than ever if the zone is considered, he notes that the strongest base of APC is in the North Central, he said the people of the zone have demonstrated unequal commitment to the victory of the party and should be given the opportunity