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2023: “Nigerians need well-prepared leaders, not someone like Buhari” – NEF Spokesman, Baba Ahmed

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The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has warned that Nigeria might sink if it did not substantially change leadership in 2023 by voting for well-prepared Leaders, not someone like President Buhari. Baba Ahmed, while giving his assessment on where the country ought to be, during an interview on Nigeria at 62, said the quality of leaders that would emerge from the 2023 elections would determine its survival, not someone like the incumbent president.  The NEF spokesman, who lamented that Nigerians…

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“Don’t wait till 2023, resign, hand over to Osinbajo” – Northern Elders tell Buhari

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The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Baba-Ahmed said Buhari should just resign now because things would get tougher. The former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Secretary gave the advice in reaction to the President’s revelation that he is eager to leave power. Buhari spoke when he hosted some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, legislators and chieftains at his Daura home in Katsina. Noting that he has less than a year left in office, the Nigerian leader assured that…

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2023: ‘Ethnic differences, greed pose threats to Nigeria’ – NEF

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The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that ethnicity and greed remain a threat to the emergence of a greater and better Nigeria, even as the 2023 general elections draw close. According to the Forum, which stated these in an issued press statement by its Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed on Wednesday, the conduct of politicians is a determining factor in free and fair elections next year. It lamented that the choices of presidential running mates which has been an issue with the ruling All Progressives Congress…

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2023 Presidency: “Neither Atiku nor Tinubu can fix Nigeria” – Ango Abdullahi

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The Convener of the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Prof Ango Abdullahi, has said that neither the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, nor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), can fix Nigeria’s challenges. In an interview the elder statesman granted yesterday, Abdullahi said Nigeria will be in chaos if either Tinubu or Atiku emerges president, adding that the duo have nothing to offer the country. According to him, the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and that of the New…

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“Buhari is North’s ‘mistake’, a disappointment to entire country” — Northern Elders

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…Says “We’ll vote for a ‘competent’ Nigerian president in 2023” The Northern Elders’ Forum, (NEF), has said President Muhammadu Buhari is a disappointment to not just the North, but the entire country, adding that they won’t repeat the mistake of voting for just any candidate based on sentiment as they did during the last election. This was disclosed yesterday, by the NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, during an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the meeting of Northern Leaders of Thought and groups, which was…

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Northern Elders to Buhari: “You don’t have final say on Restructuring, State Police, Nnamdi Kanu, others”

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The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he does not have the final say on issues of Nigeria’s restructuring, State Police and release of detained agitators for self-determination. The NEF stated this through its spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in reaction to President Buhari’s position on the issues. Recall that the President had, in an exclusive interview on a television programme on Wednesday, reacted to the issues, ruling out State Police and his intervention in the case involving the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi…

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Northisbleeding protest: NEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze knock Buhari over carnage in North

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The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, have knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari over kidnappings and killings by bandits in the North. There were series of protests in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), and in some States in the North. The protesters had converged on the Ayuba Wabba House in Abuja, demanding an end to the insecurity in the region. Armed with placards bearing inscriptions that said: ‘Buhari is a weak Army General’; ‘Northern region is bleeding, Buhari…

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‘Fuel price increment will compound hardship of Nigerians’ ? Northern Elders Forum

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…Cautions against profiling of bandits as terrorists…Warns against release of Nnamdi Kanu The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that the planned increase of fuel price will compound the already desperate condition of living of most Nigerians. This is contained in a statement issued by the NEF’s Director, Publicity, and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. This is just as the Forum drew the attention of the Government to the hardship under which the vast majority of Nigerians live. The statement said, amongst others, that “the Forum invites attention to the hardship…

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

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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…

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

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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…

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