Tag: northern elders
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Northern elders to Buhari: Don’t stand on Igbos’ way if they are determined to secede
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised the Federal Government to allow the South-East pull out of the country if the support for secession for the region is widespread and have the backings of their leaders. It said that political leaders in the region seemed to have submitted to violence and terror of Indigenous People…
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Nigeria sliding into disaster, says Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that if the country is to survive its current difficulties and build a better nation, President Muhammadu Buhari must improve his levels of competence, and awareness that the nation is sliding into disaster and be sensitive to the frustrations of Nigerians. In the same vein, the forum said,…
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Insecurity: Northern Elders Secretary urges NASS to remove Buhari over failure to deliver
The Secretary of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he is unable to secure Nigerians. The president has come under intense pressure as a result of the rising insecurity in the country. Speaking on Kakaaki, an AIT programme, on Monday, Baba-Ahmed charged those who have constitutional…
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North won’t vote on ethno-religious lines in 2023 – Ango Abdullahi
Chairman Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) Professor Ango Abdullahi has said the north will not vote along ethnicity and faith lines in choosing leaders in 2023. Northerners, he said, had learnt their lesson at a great cost. Abdullahi stated no northerner should assume he is guaranteed the support and votes of northerners simply because he is…
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Insecurity: Buhari must do something and stop blaming everybody else for Nigeria’s woes – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to raise to the security challenges facing the country rather than cast blames on previous administrations. Spokesman to the Forum, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed said it is clear that the government is not doing enough and that is why the results have been felt negatively across…
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Northern Elders to Governors: FG has failed, secure your states from violent criminals
The Northern Elders Forum on Saturday said Nigerians have lost faith in the power and will of the government to protect them from incessant bandit attacks after more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped at a school in Zamfara on Friday. According to a statement signed by the Forum’s spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the life of…
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Northern elders tell its governors to prepare to receive displaced Fulani herders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has urged governors in the region to prepare to receive Fulani herdsmen who may relocate as a result of the attacks on fulani communities in the Southern parts of Nigeria. NEF alleged that some groups are fueling tension in the country in order to achieve their selfish aims. “Northern Elders…
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Ultimatum: Akeredolu has no power to deny herdsmen right to live in Ondo – Northern elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked herders in Ondo state not to leave their locations and resist moves to be labelled as criminals. In a statement on Wednesday, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a spokesman of the forum, asked Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, to rescind the ultimatum given to herders to vacate forest reserves in the…
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Killings: Life has lost its value under Buhari-led government – Northern Elders Forum
The Northern Elders Forum, said that life has lost value under the administration of President, Muhammadu Buhari. The organisation also said that threat of farming in Northern Nigeria was real in the face of limited production of food in many of the communities. The NEF Director (Publicity and Advocacy), Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, raised these views…
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Northern elders to Buhari: ‘Thousands of people still at mercy of kidnappers, rustlers without police protection in North’
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately rejig the security apparatus while stressing that people in Northern communities have been at the mercy of bandits, kidnappers and rustlers without any form of police protection. The elders in a statement issued in Kaduna on Monday and signed by the director,…