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ACF lifts its NEC Chairman,� Osuman’s suspension

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has officially lifted the suspension of Mamman Mike Osuman (SAN), as Chairman of its National Executive Committee, (NEC). This decision was announced yesterday in a statement signed by the forum’s Secretary-General, Malam Murtala Aliyu. He said the move follows interventions by the ACF�s Unity, Peace, and Reconciliation Committee, chaired by Ajiyan Katagum, Dr. Mahmud Yayale Ahmed (CFR). Aliyu explained that the reconciliation committee engaged key stakeholders, including the Chairmen of the Board of Trustees (BoT) and the National Executive Council, (NEC), in discussions aimed at…

ACF urges North to prioritise self-defence, amid rising insecurity

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has called for increased public awareness on the importance of self-defence in the face of rising insecurity in northern Nigeria. Speaking during the National Executive Committee meeting held yesterday, ACF Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman (SAN), highlighted the alarming rate of attacks, kidnappings, and killings in the region. According to the ACF, there is a need for public awareness to educate the people on the importance of self-defence in the North due to the prevailing insecurity. The chairman highlighted the alarming rate of attacks, kidnappings and…

“North faces existential threat from poverty, insecurity” – Uba Sani to ACF�Says proposed national protest ill-timed, counter-productive

July 23, 2024July 23, 2024 Aminu Imam

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, yesterday received in audience a high-powered delegation of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), led by the newly elected Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman, (SAN), OFR. While commending the ACF for been steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of the interests of the people of Northern Nigeria, he drew the attention of the regional association to the disturbing negative developmental indices and security challenges confronting the North. Governor Sani expressed concern over the high rate of poverty, out-of-school children and the general insecurity in…

‘?Economic hardship: Social chaos looms” – ACF warns

May 23, 2024May 23, 2024 Aminu Imam

Foremost Northern group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has warned that the country might witness social chaos across the country, particularly in Northern region, due to the incessant biting economic hardship.?Rising from a well attended meeting yesterday, tthe ACF noted that times continued to be tough and challenging for the average citizens, who it said were daily confronted with crisis of inflation, unemployment, rapid deterioration in standards of living, coupled with incidents of insurgency, terrorism and banditry. In a communiqu� issued in Kaduna, signed by the National Spokesman of the…

Kaduna school abduction planned�, ACF alleges

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 Aminu Imam

� Condemns onslaught on education in North The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has alleged that the abduction of over 280 schoolchildren in Kaduna State by bandits looked planned in advance, adding that the incident was a discomfiting reality, given the enormous public resources being allocated to the security sector. Its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba, called on the Federal Government to go beyond perfunctory directives to the security forces to rescue the abducted students. Prof Baba, in a statement, explained that �ACF is gravely saddened and exasperated at the…

Provocative Statement: ACF tackles Ohanaeze Ndigbo, IPOB for demanding apology from Gowon

March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 Aminu Imam

Apex Northern socio-cultural group, the Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has expressed deep offense and pain over what it called highly provocative statements recently credited to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Indigenous People of Biafra against former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd). The ACF said it took time to digest a statements credited to Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as well as the one from the IPOB calling on General Gowon, its Grand Patron, to tender apology for what the Forum referred as a nebulous �sin� against…

ACF appeals reopening of Nigeria/Niger borders

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has appealed to the federal government and members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider reopening the Nigerien and Nigerian borders to enhance economic activities between the two countries. A statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur Muhammad Baba, lamented that the continued closure of the borders has affected many small-scale businesses between the two countries, such as food supply, medicine, petrol and electricity, among others. According to the statement, �Since July 2023, Nigeria and other ECOWAS member countries…

Coup: ACF cautions Tinubu against invading Niger Republic

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has cautioned President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), against ordering a military intervention in the Niger Republic. Recall that a general and former head of Niger�s presidential guard, Abdourahamane Tiani, overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum to declare himself as the new Head of State. President Tinubu, as the chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), had said the regional body would do everything in its power, including deploying force, to ensure that stability returns to Niger.…

Some Arewa youths are fraudsters – ACF alleges

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has disowned a group known as the Arewa youths, saying it has no youth wing. A chieftain of the ACF and also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, Musa Sa’idu,stated this yesterday, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Sa’idu, anyone calling himself �Arewa Youth� is a fraudster as the group has no legal backing. �I want to say, without any fear of contradiction, that the ACF has no youths wing. I am a founding member, and there was no time that…

Just In! ACF Spokesperson, Emmanuel Yawe, is dead

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

The National Publicity Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Emmanuel Yawe, is dead. Daily Trust gathered that Yawe, aged 65, died in his sleep in the early hours of Friday, in Abuja. His last official assignment was on Thursday, when he issued a statement on behalf of the ACF in condolence with the people of Benue State over the death of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. B. A. Chacha. However, Yawe�s daughter, Talatu Yawe, who confirmed his death to newsmen, said her father had been…