NewsAllegations Against North By Southerners Not Based On Facts - ACF

Allegations Against North By Southerners Not Based On Facts – ACF

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BEVERLY HILLS October 13, (THEWILL) – The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has stated that most of the allegations levelled against the North by the Southern part of the country were not based on facts, regretting that this has threatened “national cohesion by generating more heat than the needed light”.

In a communique issued on Thursday at the end of its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Kaduna, the group was categorical that allegations of marginalisation by the southern part of the country against the North has created anxiety, fear and mistrust among Nigerians.

The communique signed by its spokesman, Muhammad Ibrahim Biu, said the forum had would set up a committee on restructuring which would examine all aspects and suggest a common perspective on the interest of the North within the Nigerian project.

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This was as it reiterated that a restructuring of the country should be aimed at enhancing unity, peaceful coexistence, stability and balanced development of the country as well as ensure social justice, fairness and equity to all.

ACF expressed concern over the open disagreement between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, over allegations of contract awards bordering on managerial imperfections and acts of insubordination.

The minister had in a recent letter to President Muhammadu Buhari accused Baru of sidelining the NNPC boss and awarding contracts without following due process.

ACF urged Buhari to thoroughly investigate the issues raised in the leaked memo by giving both parties fair hearing in the interest of transparency in management practices of the NNPC.

It also decried the bad condition of the road network, rail tracks and other facilities across the country due to lack of maintenance, especially in the North.

The communique called on governments at all levels to ensure adequate budgetary provisions for the resuscitation and maintenance of the facilities in order to boost economic growth.

The forum further expressed concern over the alarming rate of drug addiction among the youths in the country, saying it was disturbing and worrisome.

“The figure of about three million youths said to be involved in illegal consumption of drugs is frightening, considering the dire health effects such consumption would have on the future generations of Nigerians.

“Consequently, the meeting agreed to set up a committee that will critically examine the remote and immediate causes of this menace and suggest practical solutions to the problem,” the communique read in part.

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