Tag: Arewa Consultative Forum

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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CAC deregisters Ohaneze, ACF, over security concerns

Ishaku Yohanna

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has withdrawn the registration certificate of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and other socio-cultural groups in Nigeria. Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja, the Registrar General of CAC, Mr Garba Abubakar, said the measure was part of the reforms the Commission was putting in place to subject such applications to thorough scrutiny following security threats that may arise from such registrations. He noted that the reforms are a measure put together to sanitise the Commission operations which lead to the…

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