Tag: ACF

2023: Northern Elders Forum, CNG, ACF, others reject zoning

Aminu Imam

…Back restructuring Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) and other conveners of the Northern Peoples Summit have described restructuring as a vital necessity for survival as one united entity. The North, they insisted, will not be stampeded or blackmailed into taking major decisions around rotating the Presidency. While reading the communiqué of Northern Peoples Summit yesterday at the Arewa House Kaduna, the Chairman of the Communiqué Drafting Committee, Prof.Doknan Danjuma Sheni, said, “The Northern Peoples Summit…

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Insecurity: “Act on insecurity now” – ACF to Buhari

Aminu Imam

Says people are angry A Pro-North group, Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the insecurity crippling the socio-economic activities of the North. In a communique issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe yesterday, the Forum expressed displeasure over the spate of insecurity in the region, calling on President Buhari to live up to his oath of office. After its National Executive Council meeting held in Kaduna, the ACF said the call is simply to convey the anger and frustrations of many Northerners who…

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We either save the North from its present situation or lose it totally – ACF

Ishaku Yohanna

National Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said if they did not save the North from its present precarious situation, the North will be lost totally. This was contained in a communiqué after their first inaugural meeting held in Kaduna on Wednesday and signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe. The statement quoted the chairman to have said “some Nigerians mistake the ACF to be an ethnic, tribal, religious or a political organisation. It is none of these. We have over 300 tribes in…

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