Tag: northern elders
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Northern elders insist on call for sack of service chiefs
Northern elite, yesterday, threw their weight behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari by North-East elders to sack the service chiefs owing to the worsening security situation in the country, especially in the Northeast region. Among those that supported the firing of the security top brass was a delegate to the 2014 National Conference, Tony…
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Northern elders tags senate’s plan to review 1999 Constitution is a waste of time
The Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, has declared that the recent publication by the Senate ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is of no value. It described it as a waste of time, resources and energy of the nation. The NEF suggested that “the exercise should not be supported by any…
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Insecurity: Dogara Accuses Northern Elders, Elites of Conspiracy of Silence
…Says Buhari is not serious about ending ASUU strike From Jonas Ike, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has challenged northern Nigerian elders to raise their voices against the endemic insecurity in the region just as they did during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa state…
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Killings: Presidency blasts Northern elders for accusing Buhari of ‘incompetence’
The Presidency on Friday issued stern warnings to some Northern elders accusing the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of complacency and incompetence towards killings across the country. Recall that leaders of some socio-cultural organisations led by the Northern Elders Forum, had issued a communique accusing Buhari’s administration of incompetence in handling the security situation in the…
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Northern Elders back Arewa youths, condemn governors who disown group
The Northern Elders’ Forum, on Friday, expressed support to the call by the Coalition of Northern Youth Groups for Igbo to leave the region within three months. The Forum expressed “disappointment” with the Northern Governors’ Forum for disowning the youth groups. Prof. Ango Abdullahi, the NEF spokesperson, told newsmen in Zaria on Friday that it…