The apex northern group, Arewa
Consultative Forum and Arewa Youth Forum said President Muhammadu Buhari is not
a sectional leader because there is nothing in the region to show that he has
favoured the area more than other parts of the country.
New telegraph reports Muhammad
Ibrahim Biu, the AYF national publicity secretary, said the insinuation that
Buhari is favouring the North against other regions is preposterous.
Ibrahim Biu said: ''President
Buhari was elected as the president of Nigeria and not that of the north or
south. In the last two years, he had presented national budgets to the National
Assembly, which contained developmental projects for the entire country being
his constituency.
''The budgets were passed into
Appropriation Acts and implemented according to available resources, which
Nigerians are fully aware of. It is, therefore, the considered view of the ACF
that ascribing primordial considerations to projects to where the president
comes from is preposterous and uncharitable.
''The claims of favouritism or
marginalisation by one part of the country against the other, which have
created unnecessary mistrust among the various
Also, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, the
chairman of the northern elders’ council, said: ''I want you to ask those who
are talking about marginalisation to tell us where and where they are
marginalised.
''The North-West, where I come
from, don’t have four senior ministers and, which government’s position is
bigger than that of a minister? “Let me tell you, after the president and the
vice president, minister is the next important position in government.
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After Buhari openly instructed world bank to focuss on Northern region? What else do expect? You're just a bunch of dishonest people. Say what you will, Buhari is favouring the North. Period.
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