North Central Forum urges Lalong to decline appointment as DG Presidential Campaign

Leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the aegis of the North Central APC Forum have called on Governor Simon Bako Lalong to immediately reject his appointment as the Director-General of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Organization.

They described it as an insult to the region.

The Forum said it had been canvassing for the emergence of the next President from the zone.

Speaking on behalf of the Forum in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga explained that their initial stance was not to compromise the 2023 Presidency for any other position, because apart from the military era, the region had not produced either the president or the Vice President.

Zazzaga noted that it then became obvious that their push for the presidency could not be actualized since the APC in a way of mutual understanding, considered the Southern part of the country for the presidency.