AREWA leaders have blamed the political and social predicament facing the region on the failure of the Federal Government to improve the welfare of the people and also guarantee freedom and rights of citizens, saying that this has accounted for the current state of siege in the North.

The buck-passing arising from the dwindling political fortune of the region and the insecurity pervading the geographical area was part of the outcome expressed in the communiqué issued by the northern elders after a two-day symposium held at Arewa House, Kaduna.

In the communiqué issued and read by a one-time member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Usman Bugaje, the Arewa leaders lamented that “the weakening nature and perhaps the failure of the Nigerian State to protect lives and property as well as its inability to provide basic social services and guarantee freedom and rights of citizens cumulatively accounts for the current state of siege in which the North now finds itself.”

According to Bugaje, “the systematic erosion of cherished values of honesty, tolerance and integrity that were once the hallmark of public service in the North have resulted in bad governance, disregard for the rule of law and general decadence.”

He also noted that “Social indicators and statistics for all human development perspectives show the dismal crises in education, health, water and sanitation services, thereby placing the region far below its counterparts in the country,” pointing out that “the effect of the current insurgency of Ahlas Sunna li dawa’ati wal Jihad and other forms of insecurity have impacted negatively on the socio-economic, political and the religious life of the people.”

The Arewa leaders further argued: “Economic growth and development, commerce and trade in both formal and informal sectors of the northern states are being stifled with multiplier on the larger national and African sub-regional economies. The general conduct of the JTF and how the fundamental rights of the citizens of the north are being violated in clear breach of the rules of engagement. It is expected that the JTF will strictly abide by the professional terms of engagement in the interest of peace.”


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This ACF guys are all clowns I wonder why they didn't make it to nairaland hall of fame! Very funny bunch

They are just too dumb.

The brain of any member of arewa is in the anus, that is how GOD created them and that is why their talk is always like that from the toilet

This is the biggest joke I have heard of in 2012 and it should be moved to the jokes section of Nairaland

I am too shocked to comment now. These people dey think well at all??

Really? Never knew aboki man can blow all that grammar. Well as for the predicament of his people in the north, i think they should be calling for a sovereign national conference. Now that Mr loud & bendy mouth Fashola says everything is okay with the status quo, the north might as well take the lead in the call or sit down and lump it till 2019.

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