{"id":175978,"date":"2025-08-25T11:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:22:45","slug":"north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race","title":{"rendered":"North-Central Must Engage in 2027 Presidency Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group under the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Movement, NCRM, has called on Nigeria\u2019s major political parties to consider zoning their presidential tickets to the North Central region ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The group made this call in a communique\u0301 at the end of its meeting in Abuja and signed by its chairperson, Prof. K\u2019tso Nghargbu, arguing that the region, which has never produced a civilian President or Vice President since Independence, deserves its turn to lead the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The NCRM emphasised the immense contributions of the North Central zone to Nigeria\u2019s political stability, economic development, and national unity.<\/p>\n<p>It highlighted the region\u2019s sacrifices, including hosting the Federal Capital Territory, providing hydroelectric power, and supporting agriculture through initiatives such as groundnut pyramids and tin mining, as justification for its demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will no longer accompany other zones as escorts, backbenchers, spectators, or political underdogs to the glorious location called Nigeria. Being the only geopolitical zone that has never produced a civilian President or Vice President since Independence, the time for North Central to lead the country is now,\u201d the communique\u0301 declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A group under the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Movement, NCRM, has called on Nigeria\u2019s major political parties to consider zoning their presidential tickets to the North Central region ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group made this call in a communique\u0301 at the end of its meeting in Abuja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[12147,254,1712,4486],"class_list":["post-175978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2027-presidency","tag-nigeria","tag-north","tag-north-central"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>North-Central Must Engage in 2027 Presidency Race - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A group under the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Movement, NCRM, has called on Nigeria\u2019s major political part ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North-Central Must Engage in 2027 Presidency Race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group under the auspices of the North Central Renaissance Movement, NCRM, has called on Nigeria\u2019s major political part ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T10:19:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T11:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756108520.626996.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"592\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"North-Central Must Engage in 2027 Presidency Race\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-25T10:19:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-25T11:22:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756108520.626996.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027 presidency\",\"Nigeria\",\"North\",\"nORTH CENTRAL\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/north-central-must-engage-in-2027-presidency-race\",\"name\":\"North-Central Must Engage in 2027 Presidency Race - 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