Speaking with newsmen in Jos on ‘Issues of urgent national importance’ the chairman of the forum, Alhaji Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said the call for the regional government had become necessary due to the marginalisation of the North Central region.
He said the North Central had contributed a lot to the nation, in terms of agriculture, education, natural resources, political contributions to government and emergency of national leaders, among other vital national contributions, but yet has been marginalised over the years.
The chairman said they had been marginalised politically; he said the region is also the food basket of the nation, especially from agricultural produce from Benue, Plateau, Niger, Kogi, etc, but their agricultural strength is not maximised at the national level to take care of the food security of the region.
