As the meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) draws near, President Bola Tinubu has been urged to ensure that the position of the party’s National Chairman is returned to the North-Central.

The North-Central APC Forum made the appeal in a statement released by its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, in Abuja on Tuesday, ahead of the NEC meeting on Thursday.

Zazzaga, a member of the APC campaign council in the 2023 election, stated that returning the position of national chairman to the region is the only fair and just decision that could be taken at the NEC meeting.

The forum noted that, beyond being the region that should produce the national chairman, given the existing zoning arrangement, the North-Central also deserves the position due to its contributions to the success and development of the APC.

He noted that Abdullahi Adamu, a former governor of Nasarawa State, became APC national chairman when the position was zoned to the North-Central during the party’s National Convention in March 2022 but resigned in July 2023 without completing the tenure, leading to the appointment of Abdullahi Ganduje, ex-Kano State governor, as national chairman in August 2023.

“As the National Executive Committee (NEC) of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), meets on Thursday, June 24, 2025, we the North-Central APC Forum, appeals to President Bola Tinubu and other leaders of the party to do the right thing and ensure that the national chairman is returned to the North-Central.

“The North-Central has, over the years, played an important and strategic role in the progress and growth of the APC, and any decision that goes contrary to returning the position of national chairman to the region will amount to betrayal. It will be a terrible disappointment to stakeholders of the North-Central if the NEC fails to uphold fairness and equity by returning the national chairman to the region,” the statement said.

Insisting that the North-Central region deserves the position of APC national chairman, the forum stated that the region had, over time, made significant contributions to the party’s development and cannot be sidelined.

The statement added, “North-Central deserves to produce the APC national chairman due to the region’s contributions to the party.

The North-Central gave President Bola Tinubu and the APC the third highest number of votes in the 2023 presidential poll, behind the South-West and North-West.”