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‘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…

2023: Northern Elders reject Southern Governors� resolution

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

�North will support candidate from any part of the country – CNG The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF) has rejected the position of the Southern governors that the 2023 presidency should be zoned to the southern part of the country. The Forum maintained that the region should not be compelled to accede to a democratically elected office that can be sought by any person irrespective of where he comes from. The position of NEF came barely 24 hours after the Southern governors insisted that the south must produce the next president…

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…

“If Buhari can�t deliver, he should be impeached” – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Director of Publicity of the Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has asked the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he is unable to secure Nigerians. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Baba-Ahmed charged those who have the constitutional responsibility to realise that the country is in a dire state and do something other than just talking and making promises. His words: �One option we have is that the legislators will look at the record of the administration, understand the areas where the president has failed, understand…

2023: “Our people may vote against you”, NEF Chairman, Prof. Ango Abdullahi to Northern politicians

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Aminu Imam

Chairman, Northern Elders� Forum (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, says the people of the North will not vote along ethnic and religious lines in 2023 because they have learnt their lesson at a great cost. Speaking at the Northern People�s Summit in Kaduna, yesterday, the NEF chairman warned politicians from the region that they do not have any guarantee that the people will vote for them in the next general election. Prof. Abdullahi, who was represented by the spokesman of NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, added that experiences have taught the…

‘Buhari not committed to tackling insecurity � Northern Elders Forum

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 Aminu Imam

� ‘All eyes are on you’, Sultan tells Northern govs. The Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), has lamented what they described as the �dangerous situation� in the North. The spokesman of the Forum, Dr. Hakeem Ahmed, while speaking to newsmen at the venue of the governors’ meeting in Sir Kashim Ibrahim, Kaduna Government House yesterday, said the northern communities were lost, as there seems to be no solution in sight. According to him, �The Federal Government is unable to protect northern communities. The governors are trying their best but they do not…

Insecurity: “Embrace dialogue to end banditry” – Ex NHIS boss tasks Northern leaders

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Aminu Imam

Northern leadership and elites have been told to stop living in denial and join hands in on-going efforts to find home-grown solution to the rampaging banditry in the region. The former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS) Prof. Usman Yusuf, gave the charge while featuring in a Liberty Television flagship programme: ‘Dialogue“. Prof. Usman, who is among those that accompanied a renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, to the bandits� enclaves in Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States to encourage them to embrace peace, also said the military…

‘Yoruba elders planning to destabilise Nigeria’ � Northern elders writes UN

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 Aminu Imam

Yoruba elders are planning to raise tensions and create fears among Nigerians with a view to destabilize the country, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said. The elders made this allegation yesterday, in a letter addressed to the United Nations, (UN). NEF spokesman Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who signed the letter said the latest communication by the Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), to the UN is ‘a lamentable desperation by the group to undermine Nigeria�s security and integrity’. The NEF letter said �it is more regrettable that it is the handiwork of…

‘Nigeria repeating the mistakes that led to civil war’, Northern elders, Kukah, Obi, others warn

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Aminu Imam

A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fthr. Matthew Kukah and the Northern Elders Forum, (NGF) have warned that Nigeria was repeating its mistakes that led to the civil war which lasted from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970. Speaking at a webinar on Thursday, they cautioned that unless something urgent was done, the aftermath of the ongoing injustice, poor governance and leadership failure in the country would be worse than what was experienced during the civil war. The civil war…

“North now ready for restructuring” � Ango Abdullahi

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Aminu Imam

Former vice-chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria, and currently the convener, Northern Elders Forum, (NEF), Professor Ango Abdullahi, has revealed that the Northern region is ready for restructuring. Prof. Abdullahi, who has been very vociferous in his calls for a change of tactics in respect of administering the country, in a recent interview he granted, disclosed the position of northern elders on the future of Nigeria, said that the North is ready for the restructuring of the federation. He said, “What will happen now, unfortunately for us, for…