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The Lagos State Government has distanced itself from the rumoured upcoming Oro festival scheduled for August 1 to 15, 2024, coinciding with the #EndBadGovernance protest. The government likened it to other religious activities held across the country. An X user, @lagospedia, had on Wednesday posted that the Oro festival would hold in Lagos from August
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The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says the region’s socio-economic challenges and underdevelopment should be attributed to its leaders rather than President Bola Tinubu. The Chairman of the group, Mamman Osuman, who stated this at the National Executive Council, NEC, on Wednesday acknowledged that some of Tinubu’s policies may be unpopular in the North. Osuman however
Northern leaders to blame for North’s underdevelopment, not Tinubu – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, says the region’s socio-economic challenges and underdevelopment should be attributed to its leaders rather than President Bola Tinubu.
The Chairman of the group, Mamman Osuman, who stated this at the National Executive Council, NEC, on Wednesday acknowledged that some of Tinubu’s policies may be unpopular in the North.
Osuman however emphasised that the primary responsibility for the region’s plight lies with its leaders.
He also addressed the formation of a new Northern group, which includes some members of the ACF.
The ACF chairman advised the group to focus on impactful initiatives that begin with addressing the region’s internal challenges.
He said, “I do admit that some policies of the current administration are repugnant and adverse to our interests as a region.
“ACF believes that certain policies and behaviours of our leaders within our Region need some critical evaluation.
“It is in that vein that I raise the following questions: To what extent are our elected leaders demonstrating prudence and concern for our domestic and environmental problems, and to what extent are our governors and legislators synergizing with our traditional leaders in combating ills that exist within our region, to the extent that some of our sons, daughters, sisters and brothers are sometimes criminis participis in the disquiet, ills and crimes that torment us in our region?
“What are we (leaders of thought and stakeholders) doing towards arresting their evil trend and propensities?
“Have our parents, religious teachers and the elites initiated an orientation and public awareness that will educate our people on the need for self-defence and self-preservation?
“Illegal mining by foreigners aided by our people exists in some states. What local strategies are on the ground towards arresting this vice?
“It is not in doubt that the North is currently under siege. Our dear region is not only being viciously attacked by bandits, terrorists and kidnappers but also by sinister devices like disproportionate considerations and inequitable treatment.”
Northern leaders to blame for North’s underdevelopment, not Tinubu – ACF
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Mali’s junta chief met top military officials to “adjust strategy”, the presidency said Tuesday, after audacious jihadist attacks in the capital killed scores of people. An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for last Tuesday’s attacks in the capital Bamako that targeted a part of the country’s main airport and a military police training camp, killing more
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Mali’s junta chief met top military officials to “adjust strategy”, the presidency said Tuesday, after audacious jihadist attacks in the capital killed scores of people. An Al-Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for last Tuesday’s attacks in the capital Bamako that targeted a part of the country’s main airport and a military police training camp, killing more