Tag: Arewa Youth Consultative Forum

2027: North yet to decide on Tinubus fate – Arewa youths

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AYCF Yerima Shettima

President-General of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has said the northern region is yet to take a unified position on whether to support, or oppose, President Bola Tinubus second-term bid in 2027. Recall that the suspended National Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), Mamman Osuman, had last week said the North would support a candidate from the region against Tinubu in 2027, to save the north and the country from hardship. However, Shettima, in a published interview yesterday, said while discussions were ongoing on the matter, the…

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Arewa Consultative Youth Forum insists NNPC must be probed over non-remittance

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The leadership of the Arewa Consultative Youth Forum, (ACYM) has insisted that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), must be probed over alleged non-remittance of revenue to the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), as stipulated by law. Recall that in an issued statement in Abuja at the weekend, the President of the Forum, Kabiru Yusuf, distanced the Forum from a statement purportedly issued by him to the contrary. He said the statement claimed that himself and his office dissociated the Forum from the Tuesday statement by the Arewa Consultative Youths…

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2023: “Ganduje speaking for North”, Pro-Tinubu Group tells Arewa Youth

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The Northern caucus of the Tinubu presidential support group, ‘Asiwaju Project Beyond 2023‘, has said that the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, spoke for the whole and the entire northern parts of Nigeria when he said that the North was fully supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the latters bid to become Nigerias President come 2023. Recall that the President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, had berated the Kano State governor for supporting Tinubus presidential ambition, saying Ganduje was…

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2023: ‘Only restructuring will end bad leadership in Nigeria’ Arewa Youth

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Group rules out supporting any candidate above 60-yrs The frontline group of youth in Northern Nigeria, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has submitted that Nigeria will keep producing leaders who have nothing to offer unless the country is restructured. This is just as the group ruled out supporting any candidate above 60 years ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying it will pitch a tent for a younger candidate. President of the AYCF, Ambassador Yerima Shettima, disclosed this while addressing a press conference over the weekend in Kaduna. Shettima noted…

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Boko Haram, ISWAP: ‘Repentant terrorists may take over Nigerian govt. like Taliban’ Arewa youths

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has warned that Boko Haram insurgents may replicate what the Taliban did in Afghanistan here in Nigeria. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima said Boko Haram insurgents may take over the Nigerian government like the Taliban did in Afghanistan. Speaking exclusively with DAILY POST, Shettima faulted the decision of the Federal Government to rehabilitate repentant Boko Haram members. He warned that reintegrating them into society could be dangerous because they may regroup and attack again.

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2023: ‘Democracy is about numbers, North must produce Buharis successor’ Arewa Youths insist

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The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has vowed to ensure the northern part of the country produces the next president in 2023. The AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima, said the North would mobilise the people of the region to get their Permanent Voters Cards, (PVCs), to vote for a presidential candidate from the region. Shettima noted that since politics is a game of numbers, the North would mobilise and ensure they produced Nigerias next president. Countering the call by Southerners for a rotational presidency, Shettima said the North would produce…

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‘FG should be held responsible for banditry, terrorism’ Arewa Youths

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The President of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, has said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for banditry, terrorism and kidnapping in the country. Shettima stated this during an interview yesterday, adding that it is the sole responsibility of the government to provide security for the citizens, but the government has failed to do so. He urged the Federal Government to consider additional manpower and provide the necessary equipment to encourage security agencies in their fight to eliminate these criminal elements. Shettima said The government should be…

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‘Bishop Kukah should be arrested, prosecuted for treason’ Arewa Youths

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called for the arrest and prosecution of the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah for treasonable felony. The AYCFs National President, Yerima Shettima, said Kukah was inciting a coup against a democratic government. Bishop Kukah, in his Christmas Day publication, had accused Buhari of nepotism, adding that there would have been a coup if a non-Northern Muslim had become President. Reacting to Kukahs remark, Shettima urged the Federal Government to place Bishop Kukah on a special watch list, saying Kukah…

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Arewa Youths react to Ndume’s arrest, question failure to also arrest Abaribe

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has in strong terms condemned the detention of Senator Ali Ndume, calling it unfair. A Federal High Court had on Monday ordered that Ndume be remanded at Kuje Correctional Centre for failing to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Task Team, AbdulRasheed Maina Ndume, who represents Borno-South at the National Assembly, stood as surety for Maina who is standing trial on alleged money laundering charges. However, Maina has repeatedly failed to appear in court for the continuation of his trial which led…

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Killings: Arewa group deplores death of Northerners

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has accused some governors from Southern part of the country, of non-chalant attitude over the alleged killing of Northerners and destruction of their assets. In a statement signed by the AYCFs National President, Yerima Shettima issued to journalists after an emergency meeting in Kaduna, the group argued that unless these Southern governors assume that Northerners lives dont matter, they have a duty to compensate the families of those killed in Abia and Rivers for no fault of theirs. According to the group The latest…

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