Middle Belt Youth To Yar’Adua: Hand Over To Jonathan
Written by By Philip Nyam, Abuja
Saturday, 06 February 2010 01:13
Following series of advice from a cross section of Nigerians to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to transmit a letter to the vice president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the leadership of the Middle Belt Youth League has joined the bandwagon in calling on the ailing leader to allow the vice president to discharge executive duties as acting president.

The group also called on the federal government to investigate and bring to book, those behind the recent crisis in Jos, as well as those involved in the alleged misuse of army uniforms and ammunition in the prosecution of the violence.

In a press statement co-signed and issued by the president and secretary of the MBYL, Hon. Jonathan Tsaku and Engr. Kaspa Abah at the end of its emergency meeting in Abuja yesterday, the group said personal interest should not be allowed to overshadow national interest.

It maintained that no individual is greater than Nigeria, hence President Yar'Adua should do the right thing for the nation to move forward by "transmitting power to the vice president with immediate effect as contained in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria."

The youth expressed disappointment with the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and the National Assembly for their inability to comply with the Constitution by ensuring that president Yar'Adua do the 'right thing'.

On the recent crisis in Jos, the group commended Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and the Plateau state governor, Jonah Jang for their timely intervention in the violence. They commiserated with families of those who lost their lives and property in the carnage but warned that both the National Assembly and FEC will be held responsible by the Nigerian people if the present democratic experience collapses.

"The Middle Belt Youth League believes that Nigeria is greater than individuals; no effort should be spared in finding drastic and lasting solutions to this act of terrorism in the guise of religious crisis in Nigeria".

It also call for the immediate overhaul of the nations intelligence unit in order to enhance proper security operations in the country adding that reports of previous commissions and panels on Jos crisis be made public and implemented without delay


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Nigerian Youths have a say in the affairs of this country, we cannot leave 60 and 70 year old professors to do our fighting for us.
Good one comrades.

Too much talk honourable Jonathan, It's time for action.

@edoyad: wat action r u talkin abt? D Goodluck guy is very intelligent and patient, he doesn't react to issues with rash haste. He can't take any action until he's clothed with d full presidential powers or else he'd be usurping power. I beliv he understands the constitution much better. He called for deployment of troops in Jos then because it was urgent and dire, he didn't have the powers to have done that, you can't have two commanders-in-chief per time.

@deluxe, my bad for not being specific. I'm refering to hon. Jonathan Tsaku, leader of Middle belt youth group that made the call. He should mobilise and show support not just on newspaper pages.

What is middle belt? Are they not the minority northerners that supported the hausa/fulani in 1966 - 1970? They are even worse than the core hausa/fulani, especially the Benue people. They are the ones that brutally murdered several igbos who have escaped death in the hands of the hausas in the core north and met it a few kilometers to igbo land by rail. Let them shut up. Na now dem know say dem no be hausa abi?

New poster, try harder next time. You almost sounded convincing sha.

^^^ haha lmfao

ishmael:

What is middle belt? Are they not the minority northerners that supported the hausa/fulani in 1966 - 1970? They are even worse than the core hausa/fulani, especially the Benue people. They are the ones that brutally murdered several igbos who have escaped death in the hands of the hausas in the core north and met it a few kilometers to igbo land by rail. Let them shut up. Na now dem know say dem no be hausa abi?

i see dis divide and conquer! They dont want to be hausa so dont force them.

sjeezy8:

^^^ haha lmfao
i see dis divide and conquer! They dont want to be hausa so dont force them.

Why were they hausas in 1966?, killing igbos everywhere from kano down to benue state.

Just the same way ijaw, ikwerre, ibibio, efik and delta igbo people have stopped being igbo abi?

ishmael:

Why were they hausas in 1966?, killing igbos everywhere from kano down to benue state.

Just the same way ijaw, ikwerre, ibibio, efik and delta igbo people have stopped being igbo abi?

Middle belt people shey ?

edoyad:


Middle belt people shey ?

Yes o, guy i wonder what they were thinking then when they were calling themselves arewa and killing igbos? now the same hausa/fulani they formed alliance with in 1966 have suddenly become their arch enemy. now they prefer to be called middle belt and not arewa again, abi??

^^^am feeling you on this man!.

The problem with this folks is identity problem, if the political calculation does not suit them, they will call themselves Middle-belters, and if does, they call themselves Arewa. So in one breath, they are middle belters and in another, they are Arewa.

Until they squarely address this identity issue, nobody will take them seriously. Southerners will not trust them and the core North will never give them 100% priviledges.

Whether southerners trust middle o, whether them no trust them o that is not my problem. My own is, hausa people should look inward like others are doing and know it is not going to be business as usual. If the River Niger and Benue bridges are blown today and every man has to fend for himself, where hausa man go run go my brothers ? Please think before it is too late. I hope the problem called Nigeria can be fixed without bloodshed but if that is the necessary evil, then

edoyad:

Whether southerners trust middle o, whether them no trust them o that is not my problem. My own is, hausa people should look inward like others are doing and know it is not going to be business as usual. If the River Niger and Benue bridges are blown today and every man has to fend for himself, where hausa man go run go my brothers ? Please think before it is too late. I hope the problem called Nigeria can be fixed without bloodshed but if that is the necessary evil, then

Have you also wondered how the so-called middle belt would look like or be if that should happen?? Any way they still belong to Arewa forum, so they can still live with the fulanis; but not with the igbos and other southerners.

Does the middle belt have a problem with feeding itself ? My village alone has exporters of ginger and we also are very agricultural people, though we could do better. Benue state is known as the food basket of the nation, kogi state is one of the most educationally advanced in the country and like taraba has marine business going. Do middle belters have a problem feeding clothing and educating themselves ? No.
Who has almajiris, beggars, lowest education rate, highest poverty rate in Nigeria ? Ishmaelite think very well o, thiiinnk , and you finish think again.

You are not getting me well. i mean the fulanis really need the middle-belters so much for economic purposes and as such it will be hard to seperate the fulanis from the middle-belt. can you remove hausa/fulani completely from plateau? can you remove them from nassarawa? can you remove them from adamawa, taraba and niger? can you remove them from the southern part of kaduna? can you remove fulanis frm kwara? are those hausa/fulani people there not part of the middle belt too?

Of course it would be retarded of me to think that eviction of an ethnic group would turn the place into eldorado. The middle belt has a reasonable no. of muslims in it(hausa and non hausa) . It also has Fulanis; yorubas in kogi and kwara; igbos in nassarawa and benue; camerounians in Taraba etc. The middle belt is a true melting pot of Nigeria and will reach greater heights if it can overcome the aggression of whatsoever forces.