Tag: Arewa youths

Arewa Youths back demands for forensic probe of FIRS, RHIDF

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Arewa Youths on FIRS

…Wants Adedeji to step aside   The Arewa Consultative Youth Movement, (AYM), has added its voice to a growing wave of national agitation demanding a sweeping forensic investigation into the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund (RHIDF), and the conduct of FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji. In a statement issued on Saturday, the group said the mounting allegations surrounding the opaque handling of taxpayers’ funds have plunged public confidence to troubling lows. The AYM insisted that the situation has become too weighty for the government to ignore.…

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“EFCC witness’s exoneration of Emefiele clear evidence of witch-hunt” – Arewa Youths

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Socio cultural group, Arewa Youths Movement has said that exoneration of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele by witnesses of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC at the court, is clear evidence that he was being witch-hunted. The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja, on Tuesday, commenced the trial of Emefiele, with three witnesses exonerating him of wrongdoings in the award of N1.2bn vehicle supply contract by CBN under him. Reacting to the development, Arewa Youths Movement (AYM) in a statement by…

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Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Arewa youths reject Interim Government plot

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Leading groups from the three geo-political zones in the country yesterday joined voices in condemnation of an interim government, which crept into national discourse after the Department of State Services (DSS) disclosed that plots to truncate the current democratic dispensation were real. Recall that the DSS had, last Wednesday, said it had confirmed a plot by some key players to install an interim government and stop President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from being inaugurated as president. Embattled National Publicity Secretary of Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Jare Ajayi, yesterday, issued a statement…

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“Zone Senate Presidency to North-West” – Arewa Youths

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Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, the Arewa Youth Council of Nigeria has called on newly-elected senators to zone the position of the Senate President to the North West for the interest of equity, fairness, and reward for hard work. Addressing a news conference in Kaduna yesterday, the president of the group, Isah Abubakar, noted that since the president-elect comes from the southern part of the country, it is only right for the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the number-three…

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‘2023 polls, time to rewrite Nigeria’s history’ – Ohanaeze, Arewa, Afenifere youths, others

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Apex youth organisations in the country, including the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yoruba Youth Council, Niger-Delta Youth Coalition, National Youth Council of Nigeria and other similar bodies, yesterday concluded what they described as “strategic dialogue’, with a call on young people to seize the opportunity of the 2023 polls to make their voices heard and also re-write the nation’s history. The leaders of the youth groups made the call at a world press conference in Abuja, with the theme: “The Youths have awakened for a…

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Arewa, Middle-Belt youth leaders back CBN cashless policy, says “it is timely”

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Movement and the Middle-Belt Youth Forum have said that the best time to implement the cashless policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is now. Addressing a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the Chief Convener of the groups, Godwin Meliga, raised alarm over the plot by some stakeholders to rubbish the policy. The groups urged all lawmakers of Northern extraction in both chambers of the National Assembly not to lend any support at all to any unpatriotic elements who approach the National Assembly to…

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Arewa Youths link Uzodimma to alleged plot to sack INEC Chairman, demands investigation 

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The Arewa Consultative Youths Movement, (ACYM) has linked Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma to an alleged plot to sack the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. To this end, the ACYM has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the governor over the alleged plot and also the plot to deactivate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). Recall that the opposition political parties had last week raised concerns over fresh plots to truncate the 2023 general election, including stopping the use of BVAS and electronic transmission of results.…

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Insecurity: Arewa youths protest incessant killings, abductions

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…Demands NSA’s removal The Arewa Youth Assembly staged a protest yesterday at the National Assembly over the spate of killings and abductions by gunmen across the country. The spokesman of the group, Aliyu Mohammed, said they were dismayed over the unrelenting attacks, killings and kidnap of Nigerians in their homes, farms, major highways and trains by gunmen, adding that the development has led to an unprecedented level of food scarcity in the country. He said that it is unfortunate that the number of Nigerians that had either been kidnapped or…

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Lingering fuel crisis: Arewa Youth group writes FCT Police, DSS ahead of planned protest on Tuesday

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Following the persistent inadequate supply of premium motor spirit popularly known as petrol and the inflated price at the most available fuel stations across the country, the group, Amalgamated Arewa Youth Groups (AAYG) has written the Commissioner of Police and Director of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, of its planned protest beginning from Tuesday, June 28. The copies of the letters to the security agents in the FCT obtained by newsmen yesterday indicated that the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…

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Arewa youths hail Emefiele for helping Buhari deliver on economic agenda

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A group operating under the aegis of the Arewa Consultative Youths Movement (ACYM) has hailed the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele, for helping President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver on the economic agenda. The group, in a statement on Wednesday signed by its President, Kabiru Yusuf, noted that President Buhari himself has admitted during an interview with Bloomberg News that Emefiele is doing well. The statement read in part: “We commend Dr. Emefiele for helping the President to deliver on his economic agenda.” “We have…

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