…Says threats against Tinubu ridiculous Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has launched a scathing attack on the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for its criticism of the present administration, dismissing the group as a political liability to northerners and asserting that it does not represent the region. In response to remarks made by Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the Forum’s spokesperson, expressing regret over the north’s support for President Bola Tinubu, Matawalle labelled the group naive. “My attention has been drawn to the threats issued by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF)…
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“Tinubu showing signs of failure” – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has said that the recent mass abductions of school children in the region is an indication that the president has failed in his primary responsibility of keeping Nigerians safe. The Forum made the comment while reacting to the release of the abducted pupils of LEA Primary School, Kuriga, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State. The Forum’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in an issued statement, noted that the incident is another sad reminder of the need for improved security measures. He said though the release of…
Read MorePolitical Appointment: Northern Elders, NBMOA congratulate Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
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…
Read MoreNASS Leadership Tussle; Northern Elders Forum Chides VP Shettima, urges Presidency’s non interference
The Northern Elders Forum NEF has asked the Nigerian presidency to allow the members of the National Assembly to choose their leaders without interference and eschew religious sentiments being bandied about. The Forum spoke in reaction to the statement credited to Vice President Kashim Shettima with regards to the suitability of Abdull-azeez Yari and Godswill Akpabio. Briefing the media in Kaduna, the Director, Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said the forum has cautioned the President Tinubu administration on many occasions to respect the rights…
Read More“It’s not in Tinubu’s interest to impose leadership on 10th NASS” – NEF
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) says it is not in the interest of President Bola Tinubu to impose leadership on the about-to-be inaugurated 10th National Assembly (NASS). NEF spokesman, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who said this during a television programme yesterday, argued that legislators should be allowed to decide their leaders without presidential interference. According to him, “It is not in the interest of President Tinubu to impose a leadership on the National Assembly. It is not in his interest. “In fact, the farther that he (Tinubu) is away from the tussle…
Read More2023: Ango Abdullahi blasts el-Rufa’i for saying North will support Tinubu
Chairperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof. Ango Abdullahi responded to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai’s remark that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the North in the February 25th, 2023 presidential election. Recall that a few weeks ago el-Rufa’i reportedly stated that the North will support the APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and that power would pass to the South. According to Abdullahi, having more governors in the North does not translate into more votes for the ruling party. He said, “I am waiting for el-Rufa’i to…
Read More“Northern Elders are paperweight; Northern Govs. far more powerful” – el-Rufa’i
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i has described Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and other northern elders as mere paperweights who lack the actual political power to influence the outcome of the general elections taking place in a few weeks. In a British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) Hausa interview yesterday, el-Rufa’i bragged that he, a 63-year-old man, and other northern governors currently in office, were the true northern elders, because according to him, they have the ability to influence elections in the region. El-Rufa’i claimed that some northern political heavyweights were actively working…
Read More2023: “North’ll very soon declare its preferred presidential candidate” — NEF Convener, Ango Abdullahi
Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU) Zaria, Professor Ango Abdullahi, has disclosed that very soon, the North will declare the presidential candidate it’ll support. Professor Ango Abdullahi made his disclosure in an interview published at the weekend, while speaking on the state of the presidential race and North’s position, eight years of the Buhari administration. According to the NEF Convener, “I am sure you remember we organised an interactive session in Kaduna State for presidential candidates who cared to attend.…
Read More2023: ‘PVC buying, a plot to suppress northern votes’ – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has claimed that the move by politicians to buy up permanent voters’ cards and financially induce unsuspecting Nigerians to compromise their Voters Identification Number is an attempt to suppress votes in the region. In an issued statement yesterday, NEF’s Director of Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said, “Thousands, or possibly even millions of Northern voters, particularly women, are being made to surrender their PVCs for a pittance, in most instances not more than N2, 000. “In some instances they are told their cards will…
Read MoreInsecurity: “Fish out perpetrators of Imo killings”, Northern Elders task security agencies
The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has expressed outrage over the murder of eight people suspected to be migrants from the North by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Owerri-West local government area of Imo State. The Arewa elders, in an issued statement by the NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, also called on security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the killings in the State. The NEF said: “We are deeply concerned over rising cases of profiling, targeting and killings of Northerners in many parts of the South. “The recent…
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