Tag: ACF

ACF@25: Northern Leaders push new agenda for unity, security and development

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ACF@25

…“United we stand or we fall” – Atiku’s warns Northern leaders yesterday converged in Kaduna for the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)’s 25th anniversary, using the occasion to push for a renewed development and security agenda for Northern Nigeria. ACF Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Bashir Ɗalhatu, said the region must urgently embrace modern development models to reverse its backwardness. He stressed inclusive growth, youth empowerment and bridging inequality, while warning that the celebrations were taking place amid “dire security circumstances” across the North. Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.…

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ACF@25: Forum rolls out nationwide events

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ACF@25

…Reaffirms commitment to unity, peace & development The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has unveiled a comprehensive three-day programme to commemorate its 25th anniversary, marking a significant milestone in its long-standing advocacy for unity, peace and development across Northern Nigeria. Addressing newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, Chairman of the ACF Board of Trustees, (BoT), Bashir Ɗalhatu, described the anniversary as an opportunity to reflect on the Forum’s journey since its establishment in 2000, honour its founding fathers, and renew its commitment to building a peaceful and prosperous region. Ɗalhatu noted that for…

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ACF leaders visit T.Y Ɗanjuma, others ahead of its 25th anniversary

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ACF on 25th anniversary

Leaders of the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has paid separate courtesy visits to former Defence Minister, Theophilus Yakubu Ɗanjuma, and media entrepreneur, Nduka Obaigbena, as part of preparations for the organisation’s 25th anniversary celebration later this month. The ACF delegation, led by the Chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT)  on Monday, Bashir Ɗalhatu (Wazirin Dutse), met with T.Y Ɗanjuma at his Lagos residence to formally invite him to the silver jubilee events, and to notify him of his selection as recipient of the Forum’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. The retired…

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ACF pledges support for Tinubu-Shettima administration

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ACF pledges for Tinubu

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), a prominent quasi-political and socio-cultural group in the north has pledged continuous support to the administration of president Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The group made the pledge when its leadership paid a courtesy visit to the Vice President at the presidential villa, Abuja on Wednesday  to extend an invitation to him ahead of the 25th anniversary of the ACF. Chairman of the ACF Board of Trustees, Bashir Ɗalhatu, expressed delight over the working relationship between President Tinubu and Vice President Shettima as well…

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Northern Elders rally for $10bn regional investment

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Northern elders rally for investment

…As ACF reaffirms neutrality ahead of 2027 Northern Nigeria’s two foremost socio-political blocs — the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) — have taken significant steps to reposition the region, with one focusing on economic revival and the other reinforcing political neutrality ahead of the 2027 general elections. At the just-concluded Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialisation Summit (NNIIS) in Abuja, the NEF announced the creation of the Northern Nigeria Economic Development Council (NNEDC) — a new institution tasked with driving industrialisation, harmonising policy, and attracting investment…

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ACF urges protection for Ɗangote Refinery as ‘Strategic National Asset’

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ACF on Ɗangote refinery

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has condemned what it describes as attempts to undermine the Ɗangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Company. It has also called for the protection of the multi-billion dollar facility as a strategic national asset. In a statement issued yesterday, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tanko Baba, the ACF expressed concern over what it termed “thinly disguised attempts” to sabotage the operations of Nigeria’s largest privately-owned refinery located in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. The Forum listed several challenges the facility had faced since inception, including crude…

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2027: Northerners have right to contest against Tinubu” – ACF tells Gov. Bago

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ACF tells Gov. Bago

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has countered a call by Governor Umaru Bago, of Niger state, to allow a Southerner, President Bola Tinubu, to complete an eight-year tenure before any individual from the North could contest. Recall that Governor Bago had, during an interview on a television programme at the weekend, asked Northern politicians willing to be Nigeria’s president to wait until 2031, in respect to the zoning formula. According to him, the call for Northern candidates in 2027 is too hasty and unfair to the Southern region. Reacting, the…

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“Northern patience running out” – ACF warns FG

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ACF raises alarm

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has raised the alarm that Northern Nigeria is being pushed to breaking point under the weight of worsening insecurity, poverty, and environmental crisis. Speaking at the Forum’s 78th National Executive Committee meeting in Kaduna, ACF Chairman, Mamman Osuman declared that the region could no longer afford to remain silent as killings, kidnappings, and disasters devastate communities. “This is not a time for the North to fold its arms. Our people are dying daily from floods, disasters, criminals, and terrorists. The situation is unbearable, and the…

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“Politicians’ pay hike plan “insensitive, provocative” – ACF Spokesman

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ACF Spokesman

Fresh outrage has trailed the proposed upward review of salaries for political office holders by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), with the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) describing the move as “disappointing, insensitive and provocative”. Speaking with newsmen, ACF National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Baba, warned that the plan was unjustifiable given the economic hardship across the country. “It is disappointing: because, with the present state of the economy and the hardships faced by the populace, political office-holders are the least deserving of any pay increase, unless it…

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Tinubu, Northern leaders, Governors mourn Audu Ogbeh

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Audu Ogbeh passes

…Extol ex-minister’s integrity, service President Bola Tinubu, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), and the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) have expressed deep grief over the death of former Minister of Agriculture, ex-PDP National Chairman, and elder statesman, Chief Audu Innocent Ogbeh, who passed away yesterday at the age of 78. Ogbeh’s family announced his passing in a statement, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the country. In a condolence message by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu described the late politician as “a man…

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