NORTHERN elders have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to upwardly review capital allocations to the North in the 2016 budget, claiming that the region was shortchanged.

This is as the elders advised the president not to buckle in dealing with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), and urged him to ensure that the full weight of the law was brought against the agitators.

The elders in a five-page letter signed by elder statesman, Amb. Yusuf Maitama Sule equally enjoined President Buhari to continue to show sympathy to initiatives that channel “funding and expertise to the North from the country as well as from international financing and other support sources.”

The letter entitled ‘Advice on National Issues ‘was written under the aegis of Northern Elders Forum (NEF) . Describing allocations for capital projects given to the North-­east, North-­west and North-­west as inadequate, the group claimed that the region was shortchanged.

It reminded the president that the backbone of his administration is the North and cautioned that if the allocations were not upwardly reviewed, it would pose a huge problem for his government.

NEF said: “We have conducted some analysis on the 2016 budget estimates which Mr President submitted to the National Assembly. We are concerned over the absence of equity in the allocation of capital spending. The three geo-­political zones in the North are severely shortchanged.”

The group continued: “For a region deserving greater resources and attention as well as being the political backbone of your administration, this situation will pose serious problems

for your administration.

“We advise Mr President to review the proposed allocations in consultation with the National Assembly.”

The Northern elders said the South already had advantage over the North in terms of the number of federal civil servants, a situation it said meant that the south would enjoy allocations for recurrent votes.

The forum further contended: “We wish to draw Mr. President’s attention to the fact that over 75 percent of all Federal Government public service employees are from the three geo-political zones in the South. This means that virtually the same percentage of recurrent spending will go to Nigerians from the South.”

On the government structure, the verdict of the NEF was damning. The forum described

Buhari’s team as weak, urging him to immediately establish an

Economic Management Team. The group wrote: “We have

noted the need for improvements in the human and institutional

capabilities which aid Mr. President in governing the nation.

As economic difficulties and demands for good governance

become more challenging, the quality of advice and support

Mr. President will require will need to be substantially raised.

“We urge Mr. President to establish an Economic Management Team and conclude

Appointments of key officers and advisers. Where there are

evident weaknesses and gaps in skills, competencies, experience and integrity, we urge Mr. President to take steps to address them.”

On national security, NEF urged President Buhari to look into allegations that Boko Haram “still has substantial presence in

many areas near Maiduguri and other towns and villages.” The elders called for measures that would help improve the “quality of intelligence and integrity of the leadership of the Armed

Forces.” Focusing specifically on what it called the threat posed by

IPOB to national security, the forum said: “We commend Mr

President’s stand and disposition towards the threats posed by the

Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and advise that in addition to allowing full weight of the law to be deployed against these threats, Mr. President should support initiatives which

isolate this threat among Igbo people.”

Recommending on ways of rehabilitating the Northeast

ravaged by insurgency, the body called for the establishment of North-­east Development Commission in addition to other development strategies.

It counseled that the commission should be well funded and deliberately assisted to function effectively.

On what the president should do to revive the economy of the North, NEF said: “We recognize that Mr President has a national mandate and we do not intend to ask for what does not belong to the North. However, the level of poverty, which is increasing particularly in relation to the rest of the country, represents a serious threat to the region and the unity and survival of our dear country.”

The group charged the president to continue to give special attention to economic and welfare needs of the region.

In a reaction to the issues raised by the Northern elders in

respect of the 2016 budget, the House of Representatives last

night gave assurance it would look into the grouse of the North

In a telephone chat with a Sunday Sun correspondent, Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulrazak Saad Namdas, promised that every gray area would be addressed in fresh negotiations with the Presidency in respect of provisions in the budget for capital projects.

“We are still awaiting response from Mr. President on the budget before we open further discussions,” Namdas said.

Further efforts made to speak with some other notable lawmakers were unsuccessful as they did not pick their calls or respond to text messages as at the time of filling this report.

Also reacting to the request to the president on Biafra agitators

last night, the National Leader of a faction of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu dismissed it as nonsense.

Madu described the northern elders as a bunch of old men talking nonsense.

He added: “By the letter to Buhari, they have accepted the failure of their kinsman in governing the country and now acting in frustration.

“They should not deceive themselves in the old Biafra.

The new Biafra runs in the blood of every Igbo man and nobody can stop it. The letter asking Buhari to deal with Biafra agitators has no meaning because they cannot crush or stop Biafra. The Northern elders or whatever they call themselves can go to hell.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/northern-elders-cry-to-buhari/

Lol

Crying to Buhari

The unity beggars are at it again. As usual, they're crying and whining, even threatening to commit mass suicide if IPOB leaves them.

Bunch of uncivilized idiots!

Cry cry baby... U want to see ur daddy... U want to sai Baba... Shey shey shey.... Shaaaame...

smh

You won't cry to Buhari for the hardship he inflicted on you guys...smh

*QUSTION*

How can u crush biafra if u are asked to do it
Go to dia houses and shop and work places and start killing them?

North north north... Dem didn't even mention sw at all. These men greedy oh

Bunch of illiterates are talking, selfish elders.

Crying to this monumental failure of a man? Guess they're yet to come to the reality that all their leaders esp.from the NW have had one catastrophy or the other befalling them while in power? As for Biafra,pls forget it.Regional agitations have reached a feverish peak nationwide.Nigeria must breakup or we restructure.Only a parasite like the core north will still wants to latch on but their time is up.BTW,thought Ango Abdullahi said the north is ready for breakup? So why crying again? Bunch of fucktards & retards.

Nigeria has never been united, is currently not united and would never know Unity. God bless Biafra,the land of the rising sun.

How much do they contribute that they want upward review. They can meet local miners for upward review. The North is just a burden on the South. Even while they occupy all the juicy positions, they still complain. This is 21st century, if the army falls into the booby trap of Ipob, then it is over for this nation. The South will not watch this time around. Rwanda will be like joke.

Kontinu! this is wat Buhari got last time. Maybe u would like his second eye decorated.

2016 news
Where are their Yoruba muslim supporters to lick their arses clean

They are still talking abt upward reviewed allocations from Niger Delta oil money.

The last time I checked, these parasite states bearly contribute to the national purse.

Wait o, is it the man in the picture below that this group is asking to crush IPob,

Heya now I see arewa people don't want this man to recover they want him dead.

beggars

The gathering of hyenas is called assembly, such togetherness is for evil, evil to devour other animals dead or alive can easily end any living herbivorous.. In such simple way northern Nigeria can be term to be hyenas..

The only problem of Nigeria is the NORTH

sanandreas:
How much do they contribute that they want upward review. They can meet local miners for upward review. The North is just a burden on the South. Even while they occupy all the juicy positions, they still complain. This is 21st century, if the army falls into the booby trap of Ipob, then it is over for this nation. The South will not watch this time around. Rwanda will be like joke.

NORTHERN elders have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to upwardly review capital allocations to the North in the 2016 budget, claiming that the region was shortchanged.

I really wonder.

Shortchanged in what way?

What proportion of the pot do they contribute?

Nigeria is in a recession and all these ones can think about is upward review while sitting on their butts doing nothing. Just imagine the nerve. This Nonsense needs to stop .

Splinz:
The unity beggars are at it again. As usual, they're crying and whining, even threatening to commit mass suicide if IPOB leaves them.

Bunch of uncivilized idiots!

is a criminal organization

Kathmandu:
The only problem of Nigeria is the NORTH

and Yoruba Muslims

Nawa oh. imagine the audacity.

Kathmandu:
The only problem of Nigeria is the NORTH

north west and north east
pls leave middle belt out of the north brohaha

FEEDING BOTTLE MENTALITY

bukifemi1:

The new Biafra runs in the blood of every Igbo man and nobody can stop it. The letter asking Buhari to deal with Biafra agitators has no meaning because they cannot crush or stop Biafra. The Northern elders or whatever they call themselves can go to hell.”

http://sunnewsonline.com/northern-elders-cry-to-buhari/

Apt

I don't like Nigeria to divide, but with the way this northerners are behaving like f00ls I am beginning to see reasons in Igbos agitation.

slivertongue:


north west and north east
pls leave middle belt out of the north brohaha

The north know how useless they are. If you read that letter you would discover how they mentioned only north east and north west and left north central out of it

This is one useless thing about Nigeria. I pity those licking the Northerners defecates happily. Where there no agreement No Peace.

If the North Elders should be more concern on Northern agenda, the East or West agenda our pray has been answered already, RESTRUCTURING is the word. So with the new system people can develop as they want or feel. They decide what suit them without interfering on what other are doing. I cannot work for 24hours to feed my family in the South and someone in the North who worked for 6 hours would want equal share at the end of the day, it called equal opportunity. So people should understand what restructure mean and the benefit is massive, there will be competition for development and every body contributions. I mean people should be allowed to develop according to their productive because no food is for a lazy man. #Nigeria get it