The North Central geopolitical zone, the only one without a presidential or vice presidential candidate for the general election of 2023, has been referred to as the political hub for all political parties.
This observation was made by APC image producers in the North Central States during a one-day retreat hosted by Barr Oboh John, the party's zone publicity secretary, in Abuja.
Given its religious volatility and rainbow divergence, they highly advised giving the North Central geopolitical zone of the party with its extra attention and funding.
The party publicity secretaries in North Central states congratulated the senator (Dr.) Abdullahi Adamu (Turakin Keffi) on his election as the national chairman of their great party and also commended the national chairman for his team's work repositioning the party and the successes so far recorded in a communique signed by the Zonal Publicity Secretary, Barr Oboh John and made available to newsmen in Jos.
They claim that after a quick assessment of the pressing concerns, they have decided to continue promoting the party's beliefs as brand managers with an unwavering commitment to securing success in the elections of 2023 at all levels.
They also said they have observed the seeming disconnect between the party and the Flagbearers at all levels, which portends great danger for the party, and wish to advise that all pre- primary elections structures of the Flagbearers at all levels should forthwith be dissolved and collapsed into the party to avoid working at cross purposes and for effective electioneering campaign management.
They also disclosed that they have observed with dismay the uncoordinated approach to repelling the media onslaught against the party and its presidential candidate and his vice and therefore wish to advise the National Publicity Secretary to sit up and work in synergy with his zonal and state counterparts in complementing the efforts of the presidential media campaign team.
Other observations made were that for sound management of the party image, they strongly recommended the creation of Media Directorates at the Zonal and state levels, which shall work in harmony with the presidential media team to ensure uniformity in the stream of our media campaigns.
They also observed with concern the low funding of the media offices of the party at all levels and wish to appeal to the National Chairman, a seasoned politician since the 2nd Republic who knows the significance of the media to, as a matter of neccesity, ensure its funding for optimum results and direct identical to the states.
According to them, the North Central geopolitical zone, no doubt, remains the political hotbed for all political parties as it is the only region without any Presidential candidate.
They thanked the leader of the party, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, and the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the tremendous achievements in Infrastructure, Agriculture, Social Investment safety nets, and others despite the global economic and security challenges and more especially for finding hope in Democracy and restoring its tenets in our great party.