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Political Appointment: Northern Elders, NBMOA congratulate Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam The Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA), has welcomed the news of the appointment of Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the Special Adviser to Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Recall that the announcement of Dr. Hakeem’s appointment as the Special Adviser on Political Matters in the office of the Vice-President, was made yesterday. Chairman of NBMOA’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr.) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in a congratulatory message issued via a press statement yesterday, extended warm congratulations to Dr. Baba-Ahmed on his new role. The association…

Political Appointment: Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association congratulates Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed

September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

Aminu Imam The news of the appointment of Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the Special Adviser to Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, was met with congratulatory messages from various quarters, including the Northern Broadcast Media Owners Association, (NBMOA). Recall that the announcement of Dr. Hakeem’s appointment as the Special Adviser on Political Matters in the office of the Vice-President by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was made yesterday. Chairman of NBMOA’s Board of Trustees, Alhaji (Dr) Ahmed Tijjani Ramalan, in a press statement on Tuesday, extended warm congratulations to Dr. Baba-Ahmed on his new…

Tinubu appoints Peter Obi�s running mate�s brother, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as Special Adviser

September 19, 2023 Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as the special adviser on political matters in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima. Baba-Ahmed is the elder brother of Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed announced the development in a post yesterday on his official Twitter (formerly known as X) page. According to him, now is not the time for fence-sitting or criticism, and urged Nigerians to pray for him and…

�Buhari failed woefully; Tinubu cannot afford to disappoint Nigerians� � Baba-Ahmed

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said the immediate-past President, Muhammadu Buhari was a woeful disappointment. Speaking in a published interview yesterday, Baba-Ahmed said, “Buhari failed the nation; he failed the North. He failed the electorates that trooped out to give him the kind of votes that no other President has ever had. He raised a lot of expectations but left the country a lot worse than he met it”. The NEF spokesman, however, expressed hope that Tinubu will be able to bring in some…

VAT: North is rich, can live without billions accruing to Southern states � NEF

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), says the north is a rich region and can survive on its resources without the �billions� accruing to Southern States. NEF Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, made this known when he featured on a television programme yesterday. He was reacting to the tussle between states and the Federal Government on the collection of Value Added Tax. VAT is a consumption tax paid when goods are purchased and services are rendered. It is charged at a rate of 7.5%. Although Rivers and Lagos…

2023 Presidency: “North is not for sale” – Northern Elders tell southern governors

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that the North is not for sale no matter the pressure or antics from the southern governors to zone the presidency to the South. The NEF spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, disclosed this at the weekend while delivering a keynote address at the inaugural ‘Maitama Sule Leadership Lecture Series‘, organised by the Student�s Wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG). According to him, �There are clearly Nigerians who believe that because the economy of the North has already crumbled, we are running away…

‘Ban on open-grazing is counter-productive’ – Baba-Ahmed insists

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

Spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has expressed that the ban on open grazing by some State governments is counterproductive and damaging to the nation�s spirit of coexistence. Baba-Ahmed made the comment during an interview on a television programme yesterday. His words: �We are not against open grazing; we are in support of ranching, domesticating cattle, modern ways on how both the cattle and the Fulani man can rest from this worrisome way of which it can be done. �What we are insisting on is that this…

‘By 2023, APC would have completely wrecked Nigeria’ � NEF spokesman, Baba-Ahmed

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has berated the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), over its management of Nigeria, saying that by 2023, the party would have completely wrecked the nation. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television�s Politics Today on Monday, lamenting that the next party to take over the helms of leadership in 2023 would have a herculean task of fixing the country. While blaming the political class for the nation�s woes, Baba-Ahmed said the country�s current challenge is not just as a…

Biafra: “You can secede, Nigeria can�t afford another war”, Northern Elders tell Igbos

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders� Forum, (NEF), has advised the Federal Government to grant leeway for the Igbo ethnic group to secede from the country if that would restore peace and harmony. Its Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr.Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who addressed reporters yesterday in Abuja, appealed to the leaders of the South-East to protect their region rather than succumb to the acts of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN). According to Baba-Ahmed, “Muted voices of millions of Igbo cannot be heard so that fellow Nigerians could…

Open-grazing ban: Northern elders declare position, call for national dialogue

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has declared support for the ban on open-grazing by governors of the southern States. Recall that bout 17 southern governors had held an emergency meeting in Asaba, Delta State to proffer solutions to increasing security issues in the country and there they announced the ban on open and called for restructuring. The NEF said that it supports any programmed transition that will eliminate open-grazing and the establishment of productive, safe and sustainable options in managing the country�s huge national asset in animal husbandry. In a…