The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has descended heavily on the political class, describing them as power-mongers who are only after what they will get in politics.
The apex socio-cultural Northern Forum expresses their frustration in a statement titled, “A Time for Further Reflection” which was issued to newsmen in Kaduna and signed by the Secretary-General of the forum, Murtala Aliyu.
In view of this, ACF called on the leadership of political parties “to structure their manifestos in order to address the challenges and refocus their psyche towards the peaceful growth and development of the country.
“And not the current race (by politicians) for the sake of power or material gains.”
The forum noted that the holistic submission on the failure of governance “as attested by our governors, is an indication that all is not well in the nooks and crannies of the territory called Nigeria.”
To this end, ACF disclosed that “we have no other territory than this, so also a country but Nigeria,” saying the survival of the country therefore must be paramount and lives and property of citizens, law and order and freedom of expression must be protected.
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“The Arewa Consultative Forum appreciates the frustration of leaders at sub-national level, however we call on the governments, governors and citizens alike, to avoid any fire brigade approach on any pressing issue that bedeviling the country.
“The security of the country rests on the central government and calls for cursory, calm, implementable and lasting solution.
“It emphasised that invitation of foreign forces or mercenaries to fight our course must be treaded with utmost caution.
“On the proposition to escort trains from Abuja to Kaduna, Ibadan to Lagos or the Itakpe routes, by the Nigerian Airforce, the Forum calls on the security agency to redesign their operations and instead deploy their machinery and manpower in launching attacks on the bandits and terrorists enclaves.
“Dedicating such operations to only railway lines, shall make air and road users more vulnerable to such attacks.
“The new dimension of the terror attacks, in the country, both on human and infrastructure calls for total war.
“The authorities may look at the possibility of utilising volunteers, such as the ex-servicemen and women, the civilian task forces, hunters and whatever is available to make every inch of Nigeria habitable and peaceful.”
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