Tag: ACF

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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ACF member urges ban on Arewa24 for ‘distorting Hausa culture’, illegal operations

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ACF member urges

Aminu Imam A member of Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), from Kano, Alhaji Ɗanjuma Hassan, has commended  the Kano State Censors Board for banning over 22 films produced by AREWA24 TV channel in Kano. Alhaji Ɗanjuma Hassan, who made the call at the sidelines of the 2-day Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) Summit in Kaduna, called on the Executive Governor of Kano state, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf to ban AREWA 24 from its illegal business in the premises of Kano Radio and Television, (ARTV).  He also strongly called upon President…

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Northern Elders raise alarm over marginalisation, insecurity, and underdevelopment

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Northern Elders

Prominent Northern advocacy groups – the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) – have jointly raised strong concerns over what they describe as deepening marginalisation of Northern Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Both groups, in separate but similarly themed events in Kaduna, accused the federal government of neglecting the region across critical sectors including education, infrastructure, agriculture, and security. At the Government-Citizens Engagement Forum, organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, (NEF) Chairman, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, painted a bleak picture of the North’s socio-economic…

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Eid Message: “APC prioritises 2027 re-election over hunger, insecurity” – ACF

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ACF on APC

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep concern over the worsening hunger and insecurity plaguing the country, accusing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of focusing more on its 2027 re-election campaign than addressing Nigeria’s pressing socio-economic challenges. In an issued statement marking the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, said the festive period should serve as a time for sober reflection on the values of sacrifice, unity, and devotion. He lamented that these values stand in stark contrast to the prevailing reality of hardship endured…

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ACF warns of severe flood risks in 2025   

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ACF warns on flood

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has issued a strong appeal to governments at all levels and residents in flood-prone areas to act swiftly and decisively in preparing for the looming 2025 seasonal floods. The call follows alarming forecasts from the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), which has identified 1,249 communities across 176 local government areas in 30 States- including 16 northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – as vulnerable to significant flooding this year. In a statement issued by ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, the group…

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Northern politicians ask Tinubu to reconsider tax reform Bills

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Northern politicians

Some northern politicians have advised President Bola Tinubu to respect the position of the National Economic Council on the controversial tax reform Bills. Recall that President Tinubu declared last Monday that the tax reforms had come to stay, ruling out the possibility of withdrawing them from the 10th National Assembly as the governors had demanded. However, Northern members of the 10th NASS, the League of Northern Democrats, (LND), and the Northern Elders’ Forum, (NEF), have expressed dismay with President’s insistence that there will be no reversal on the controversial tax…

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