Tag: Middle-Belt Forum

Middle-Belt Forum blasts Northern govs for opposing power rotation

Aminu Imam

…Says power must rotate between North, South, Middle-Belt The Middle-Belt Forum (MBF) yesterday berated the Northern Governors and traditional rulers for opposing power rotation. Recall that on Monday, the Northern governors and traditional rulers held a meeting in Kaduna, where they rejected power rotation and also kicked against Value-Added Tax (VAT) collection The MBF, in a statement by its National President, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, said that power must rotate between the North, South and Middle-Belt, adding that it is unfortunate that the Northern governors are hiding behind the Constitution. “As the…

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Banditry: Arewa, Middle-Belt Forums back Masari’s self-defence call

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF) and the Middle-Belt Forum, (MBF), have supported the call made by Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, for the people of his State to arm and defend themselves against bandits. Recall that Masari had, last Tuesday, advised the people of the state to arm and defend themselves against bandits in the region. According to the ACF National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, the ACF was in full support of Masari’s order, stressing, “Governor Masari has said the right thing”. He noted that Masari’s call on the Katsina…

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Self-determination agitation: Proposed UN protest divides Southern, Middle-Belt leaders

Aminu Imam

A proposed plan by the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination, (NINAS), to hold a one million-man march at the United Nations in New York, United States during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 76th session next month, seems to have divided Southern and Middle-Belt groups. NINAS spokesman, Maxwell Adeleye, had earlier in the week announced the proposed march, saying it will be led by NINAS’ chairman, Prof. Banji Akintoye among other leaders of the group. The march, scheduled for between September 14 and 21 2021, is to protest the…

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“Give us new Constitution before 2023 to avert Nigeria’s drift to anarchy” —Afenifere, Ohanaeze, MBF, others tell FG

Aminu Imam

Some of the nation’s apex socio-cultural organisations, the Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Middle-Belt Forum, and the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, yesterday urged the Federal Government to give the country a ‘new people-oriented federal Constitution’ before the 2023 elections to avert Nigeria’s drift towards another civil war and forceful disintegration. The organisations stated this in a communique issued at the end of an inter-ethnic peace dialogue, with the theme: ‘Restructuring and 2023 Power-Shift: Nigeria’s Make or Break Factor for Political Survival’, convened by Comrade Kennedy Iyere, and organised in Abuja by Youths Off The Street…

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