Tag: Northern Groups

2023: Northern group vows to mobilise support for southern presidency

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Coalition for Rotational Presidency, (ACRP), yesterday advised all northern politicians warming up to contest the presidential election in 2023 to jettison the move for their southern counterparts. In an issued statement, jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of ACRP, Comrade Abdullahi Biu and Hamza Malumfashi, the Coalition said it will be unfair for the North to retain the presidential seat after eight years in government. The group warned that if any northerner refused to heed the advice, it will rise and mobilise against them. According to the…

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Insecurity: ‘Postpone 2022 National Census’, Northerners appeal to Buhari

Aminu Imam

Critical stakeholders of the North, led by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), which met under “Northern Leaders of Thought” in Kaduna, have strongly advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to postpone the planned 2022 National Census, considering a large number of displaced Nigerians and the proximity of the census to the 2023 elections. According to a communiqué issued by the Chairman, Communiqué Drafting Committee, Prof. D. D. D. Sheni, after a one-day meeting, with a theme: “Rebuilding the North”, the stakeholders urged key northern groups to engage others from the…

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Planned Fuel Price Hike: Northern groups issue ultimatum to Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Demands FG to rescind decision within 28 days or face mass action…Insists FG, Govs. have failed Nigerians The Coalition of Northern Groups, (CNG), North-Central zone, and the student’s wing of the North-Central Youth Association, as well as other civil society groups, have issued a 28-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari warning him not to attempt the Government’s planned increase in the prices of petroleum products warning that there would be dire consequences, while describing the Federal and State governments as ‘failures’. The groups issued the warning at the weekend, after…

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Northern groups pass vote of confidence on CBN Governor, Emefiele, over economic growth

Aminu Imam

Northern groups, under the auspices of ‘Northern Advocacy Groups’, yesterday, threw their weight behind the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over the nation’s recent economic growth. This was made known in an issued statement, jointly signed by, Mohamed Bashir-Ali- ‘Northern Professional Forum’;  Hajia Fatima-Abubakar- ‘Arewa Business Women League’; Sadiq  Ibrahim- ‘Arewa Frontier’; and Comrade Yusuf Yahaya-‘Arewa Patriotic and Anti-Corruption Network’, at a media conference, which held in Abuja. In response to a call for his resignation by a group in the North, the group unequivocally stated…

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Insecurity: Northern Groups issue notice of mass protests in 19 states

Ishaku Yohanna

The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has said it would begin non-stop protests against the wave of insecurity in the Northern region on Thursday. The plan, according to the group, aimed at drawing the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the 19 northern states governors to the plight of the region. CNG said the ineptitude and an apparent failure of elected and appointed leaders from the North to either protect the lives and property of northerners or address the myriad distresses the region faced had pushed them to the wall.…

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