Tag: Arewa Youths Forum

Arewa group condemns Northern Govs. for backing tax reform Bills 

Aminu Imam
Arewa group condemns Northern Govs.

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has condemned the recent volte-face by Northern Governors regarding the national tax reform Bills. In a statement issued yesterday by its National President, Yerima Shettima, the group frowned at the way Northern governors joined their colleagues after generating needless controversy and misleading the public, they now capitulated to the reforms. The statement noted that “AYCF, from the outset, has maintained that these reforms, despite potential short-term challenges, are essential for Nigeria’s overall development. “We view the governors’ actions as a betrayal of the trust…

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Arewa youths reject proposed CBT for WAEC exam

Aminu Imam

Northern youths, under the umbrella of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), have called for the cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) format in the forthcoming West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination in the country. The AYCF said that if such a mode of examination is introduced will ultimately result in massive failure for students, particularly in rural States where computer skills are scarce or completely absent. In a statement issued yesterday by the Forums President-General, Yerima Shettima, the group pointed out that the CBT exams should have been optional,…

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“We wont compromise South-West security” – Afenifere, Akeredolu

Aminu Imam

The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, and the chairman of the South-West Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, have declared that the security of lives and property of the people of the South-West remains important to the governments of the region. Akeredolu, while reacting to the allegation of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) that the State’s security outfit, Amotekun, was being used arbitrarily against northerners in the State, said security remained one of the pillars of his administration and he would not relent in investing in the security…

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ArewayouthgroupbacksBabangida’scallonagelimitforpresidentialcandidates

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has described as timely and commendable, the call by former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, (rtd), to have people in their 60s as Nigerias president in 2023. Recall that Babangida, otherwise known as IBB, yesterday, during an interview on a television programme, suggested that the time has come for young hands to do the work of fixing the country. A statement issued by the groups National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, noted that the former military president had spoken the minds of millions of Nigerians,…

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“Act now to prevent another civil war” – Arewa Youth Forum to Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has been called by the Arewa Youth Forum, (AYF), to take urgent actions to douse the tension across the country caused by activities of armed Fulani herdsmen. The group also noted that another civil war could break out if the government doesnt act. In a statement issed by its National President, Ibrahim Gambo Gujungu and released on Wednesday in Kaduna, the northern youths expressed their worry over the rising tension across the country. According to them, The Forum is worried by the prevailing impasse and rising tension…

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