Thursday, 23 May 2013
ACF ‘Road Map’ Warns Leaders Of ‘Evil Elements’ In Northern Nigeria
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has submitted a road map report to Northern State Governors, warning of a “deadly cyclone” in which “evil elements are feeding on each other,” and holding back progress in the region.
The written paper SaharaReporters obtained in Minna, Niger State yesterday was submitted to Niger State Governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu.
ACF Chairman Alhaji Aliko Mohammed said “Our analysis showed that we are already in the vortex of a deadly cyclone in which the evil elements feed on and are aggravated by each other – in the same way that corruption feeds on poor governance to grow even though we all know that poor governance is the mother and father of corruption. Before I hand them over to you, Your Excellency, permit me the indulgence to read out the half page Executive Summary of our presentation. And it goes like this:
That security is the first law of nature and of the state. Nothing can be achieved without it. It must therefore be our first priority to maintain security and peace. That good leadership and responsible followership are indispensable to national security and peace. To achieve both, justice and liberty must be given to everyone within our society.
“That we must evolve a civil and plural society which adequately accommodates our ethnic and lingo-cultural differences; through consciously directed efforts. That we have to drastically reduce the level of poverty and misery of the people. That we have to establish mechanisms that enforce rules, penalize wrong doing in every activity, particularly corruption within and outside government, guarantee a free and democratic society with justice to individuals, religions and all ethnic groups.”
It also kicked against single term tenure. “ACF has already submitted a memorandum to the National Assembly in which we had argued that the current structure of the country be retained because there is no such thing as true federalism that is universal. And that is why no two federal systems are identical. All the federal systems have their own peculiarities resulting from their circumstances of birth. For example, while the thirteen American colonies came together to form USA, in the case of Nigeria the central government has been creating federating units.
“It is on this basis that ACF submitted that nothing is wrong with the current structure of the country. All that is required is appropriate balance of the central authority with state-level power. Consequently, the question of constitutional recognition for the six geopolitical zones cannot arise.
“Democracy may differ in form, but when it comes to its elements of liberty, justice and common decency, democracy is about the same and universal. That may explain why the presidential system is a success in America, the parliamentary system has done well in Britain while a combination of the two has succeeded in France. The problem of Nigerian democracy has little to do with the form of government than with the politicians who seek to redefine the three elements of democracy in the same manner with those who wish to reinvent the wheel or redefine the truth and evil. All that is required to deliver on the promise of democracy is for politicians to practice its elements through political parties that offer clear choice to the electorate as alternative platforms.
“Those who submit that the country needs a “people’s constitution” may well be reminded that however good a law may be, its usefulness to society is almost always a question of how well it is executed. That may explain why the less than three page American constitution with 27 amendments in over 200 years has delivered more than that of Nigeria which is a big book observed more in the breach.
“It is the position of ACF that given the inadequacy of funds for socio-economic development, any creation of additional states may be counter productive and so should be kept on hold lest they the expensive bureaucracies they come with, end up becoming mere cost and effort centres at the expense of real development.
“The Forum is not against application of principles of derivation for revenue sharing provided the aim is to reward efforts and compensate for degradation of environment. But off shore exploration of oil does not meet any of these requirements. And that is why its proceeds should not feature in the calculation for derivation.
“Since the term indigene and settler are not in the constitution, but have been forced in practice into the polity with dire consequences on peaceful coexistence, national security and on unity of the country, it has become necessary to define who is an indigene. Towards this end, ACF has submitted that all those born in a place are automatic indigenes of the places of their birth provided they do not hold dual indigeneship. This is because nobody chooses where he is born. Such is the universal practice.
“Nigerian democracy is not matured enough for state police which is subject to abuse by state governments against national unity. What is more, the states are not financially viable enough to manage state police. All Nigeria needs is improvement on the number and quality of the Nigerian Police for performance.
“ACF is not favourably disposed to single tenure because it does not contain motivation as an instrument of management of human affairs. In single tenure, there are no incentives or reward that can motivate towards excellent performance. Therefore, single term may be counter productive. And if the desire is to curb abuse of incumbency, then efforts should be directed at curbing in such abuse and not to kill motivation as an important ingredient of managing human affairs. The country can consider the model applied in Chile and other countries, which allows multiple tenures that are not consecutive. Bangladesh goes under a Care-Taker government whenever it conducts elections.”
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The real issue is oill money sharing
Please readers, don't be angry, are we saying outside of oil there are no other resources? This paper does not seem to present a patriotic view of our national stability, but selfish political position of how to continue manipulating a system that does not seem to have the basic structures of check and balance. The issue of indigeneship could have been better presented. By the way it is presented, everybody will simply want to be born where there are natural resources like most people does by going to the US to be born to be an indigene. This cannot help us. We can create a more robust structure that will make a person who had lived and worked in a place contributing to the economic growth of that place within a given period to have all the right and privileges of an indigene. In dis way, people will have a more concrete means of proving indigeneship of a place. God bless Nigeria and all Nigerian of good conscience. Amen.
THANK YOU ACF BUT THE OWNER HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE
Before my name was Emeka Omuruwa who blessed others but never blessed himself. Emeka Omeruwa is Emeka who blessed the world but left himself unblessed. ACF I thank you all, we all need one another in this world. No body is an Island but true justice must be apply for us to see everlasting peace in Nigeria. Our peace will begins when South Eastern States got their rights. (One) From now to 2014 there must be one additional state for South East. Nigeria next president come 2015 must be a woman. My chosen person from one of Ibo States I will give to Nigerians as their Mother.I dont have to tell you of my person but your obedient to these will be your long life and peace for Nigeria.I am the Son of Woman the Mother Christ of all Universe. All faith and religions originated from my Mother Christ. Thank you.
ACF : Association of Confused Fulanis
Yes, this just an association of selfish and confused fulanis. Other tribes in ACF are only add-on figures, the fundamentals of ACF lies in the beliefs of Fulanis.
Sheik Abubakar Gumi (late) in one of his preachings admonish his followers that the love they "born to rule/Hausa/Fulani Muslims" can have for a Kafiri an unbeliever is like the love you have for your chicken, because one day you must kill it. This preaching clearly explains the senseless killing and bombing of churches in North, because its like killing their "most loved chickens". Its not a crime, as they are sure 70 beautiful virgins in Aljenna.
What a load of crap!! A re-set botton is what we need.
“It is the position of ACF that given the inadequacy of funds for socio-economic development, any creation of additional states may be counter productive and so should be kept on hold lest
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Man, I’m vomiting on mine keyboard and, it is your fault. What a load of crap!! You guys are the real enemy of equity and justice in this country. Well, unrest is here to stay until we all start to treat each other with fairness. SE must have at least one additional state and it is going to be six geo-zones political structure going forward.
Brainless and Self centred cohorts.
Just look before you leap. I was some how over wrought when I started reading this trash from a brainless and selfish group. Firstly ACF failed to understand that marginalisation breeds insecurity, so South-East needs no additional state to be 7? They compared USA Democracy and constitution to Nigeria moribund system of Ethnic cum Religious democracy. They saw nothing wrong in managing damned expensive presidential system of Govt. for multi ethnic state like Nigeria. For them all the Northern states are viable economic wise. ACF failed to mention their ill instituted Consensus Candidacy in a democratic dispensation, yet its was bent on defining Indigenization concept which had crippled Plateau and Kaduna states. Derivation should be on compensation of degradation, so if there is no damage every one should be at par. Infact you said it all " A vortex of deadly cyclone in the making, that`s ACF".
what a shame-ACF-time to say good bye biko
The message they have for 9ja is that they don't want us to split. Once that happens they would go back to an era worst than the period their ancestors raided villages for slaves to be sold to the USA and Britain. That born to rule mentality among the Tuaregs in the Fulani emirate, is responsible for the ongoing war being waged on behalf of Buhari by ACF. The Fulani North lost their leadership position of 9ja, following the cold blooded assassination of Abiola, the use of boko haram to scare 9jas and the hanging of Ken Saro Wiwa. The only way out is for us to relax over a bottle of kunu and say good bye to each other. All those clamoring for us to hang around each other 4 anoda century, are thieves-vultures who should be roasted alive. We have been together for almost 60 yrs-still no water, light, roads, health and education. With over 55 trillion from the SS stolen by the tripod-what are we waiting for=the second coming of Christ b4 we split?
Of ‘Evil Elements’ In Northern Nigeria
There is nothing absolutely nothing wrong with the Constituition of Nigeria. The problem lies squarely with the greed of the political elites.
From 1999 when a caretl decided to burden the noth with the military truncation of MKO's victory, they -cartel- have constituited themselves into the alpha nad omega of the north ad heraein lies the dilemma. They virtually decide who becomes what across the length and breadth of the North only tpturn around to blame the others for their failures!
Another Con Forum on Indigeneship
The status of an indigene is not automatic.There are laid down criteria to be met in order to fit that status my ignoramus ACF friends.Besides, what you guys are saying is only obtainable in theory, but might not be obtainable in this country.Perhaps it will be in a thousand years.Just like a Berom man cannot claim to be an indigene of Kano if he is born and bred there,and no matter how many thousands of years he has stayed there, likewise a Hausa man cannot claim indigenship of Jos.Does indigenship hang in the air like a balloon?Certainly not.One thing you people forget is that African societies attach great significance to there lands and customs.You can just change that in one day by statutory enactments.If you do that, you are certainly fanning the embers of war.Be warned.
Please Get It Right! ACF Is Not For Hausa/Fulani It Middle Belt.
Please lets call a spade a spade. ACF members are drawn from all northern states or legions. At least we can draw some useful information from their presentations. When we wear the garments of hatred it will prevent us from getting a genuine points from the message of people we dislike or hate. "We must be the change we seek." Something good will one day come to make us a better nation. For gold to be what it is, must go through fire. Nigeria is going through fire at the end it will come out shinning. For now on, I repent from viewing all northerners as enemies. I will love them as God loves me. I will not let the actions of few to defeat me. Nobody wants his house to be on fire except a mad man. That is what Boko Haram is to some Northerners. Long Live Nigeria.
Good proposals BUT....
The proposals therein seem very good and quite astute. Unfortunately putting them into practice is the problem. There are many benefactors of the corrupt and obstuse system in place today and as is always the norm, the rogue elements within the polity will fight tooth and nail to maintain the 'status quo'. Corruption always fights back! We will need resilience, determination, good and strong leadership if we are to achieve the enormous potential Nigeria has. Once again, I must commend the authors of the above proposals. It makes a change from the 'sectional' interest we tend to read in the media.
THE ACF COWARDS WANT TO MAINTAIN PARASITIC RELATIONSHIP
The south and middle belt must untie themselves from the retrogressive north else they suffer the same fate of backwardness.The progressive stance of the SW,SS,SE,and MB leans against all the cowardly positions taken by the ACF in the above press release.
The north is for retaining a system which has proved unworkable over the decades,they are scared of true federalism and they also want to deny the rest of Nigeria a chance of determining their future.
The line have already been drawn and the north stands isolated in its primitive position of running a complex nation like Nigeria with laws derived from military dictatorship,in this matter the SW,SE and the MB must fight for constitutional recognition of their political zones.The ACF are a bunch of insecure and lazy politicians rooting for a discredited module for selfish reasons.
The once peaceful North has
The once peaceful North has now become a war zone making it difficult 4 its ppl 2 live.I cry 4 North,the works and efforts of Sardauna is gone with the wind by the non chalant and selfish attitude of the present northern leaders.He tried to build the north but ooooooh how i wish those of them that workd selflessly will come back even 4 a moment.
Go To Hell ACF
As far as I am concerned, ACF can go to. These Hausa/foolani idots think that they can hold Nigeria to a ransom objecting to any useful and meaningful efforts to move the country forward. They won't agree to true federalism, they won't agree to state police, they won't agree to resource control, they wont agree to the creation of more states in the Southeast, they won't agree to devolve power away from the center to the regions instead of concentarting it at the center, they won't even agree to rotate the presidency according to the six zones. The only thing they will agree on is to wrest the control of oil revenue from the South to theselves. They won't even agree to fight their Boko Haram, or have Boko Haram be designated as "a terrorist organization" and yet they blame the president for the continued meyhem caused by Boko Haram. Again, I say, go to hell ACF.
EVIL ELEMENTS
The EVIL ELEMENTS in the north are the governors whom have stolen and are stealing the common wealth of the people with impunity and immunity.
They have left those who voted them poor, diseased,hungry and illetrate.
The northern states is backward because of the evil Governors. period.
ACF
All we need from you ACF is how you are going to tame your baby boko haram not how to structure nigeria.
Do I smell a spot of self-contradiction here?
The ACF said there was nothing wrong in the present structure of the country; all that was required was balance of central authority with state level power! My brothers and sisters in the ACF it is this imbalance between the central and state governments that constitute an inadequate structure of the country! It is this imbalance that deposits excessive power at the centre and thus makes the president excessively powerful in Nigeria. Even the American president does not have such powers in America! This excessive power of the Nigerian president makes every ethnic group in Nigeria to want to produce the president! That is why even the Arewa has been scheming to have another go at the presidency! Remove such powers at the presidency and transfer them to the states and you'd quickly see a drop in the bickering to produce the presidency! Please, Arewa, play politics with commonsense. Don't contradict yourselves!
AREWA GENDA
HAUSA/ FULANI WANT MAINTENANCE OF THE STATUS QUO THATS WHY THEY DONT WANT THE SOUTH EAST TO GET AN ADDITIONAL STATE. SELFISH LOT. THEY WANT THE WORD INDEGENE TO BE DEFINED AS ONE BORN IN A PLACE. SINCE WHEN? WHO STARTED INDEGENE AND NON INDEGENE? WAS IT NOT THE HAUSA/FULANI? REMEMBER THE ERA OF DISCRIMINATORY SCHOOL FEES IN THE EXTREME NORTH? BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FAVORED IN PLATEAU, INDEGENE HAS TO BE REDEFINED!THEY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH OTHERS, NO EMPATHY FOR OTHERS AND THINGS MUST GO THEIR WAY. BEST WAY OUT IS A CONFEDERATION OT AT THE VERY LEAST, TRUE FEDERALISM. THE HAUSA/FULANI SHOULD BE ALLOWED O LIVE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, GENERATE THEIR REVENUE,SPEND ALL ON HAJJ AND LIVE IN THE 15TH CENTURY. THEY ARE PULLING NIGERIA BACKWARDS.
Yes! Revolution
If every group like ACF will say enough is enough for wicked politicians who keep thriving on corruption and suppression of the poor citizens, revolution would commence in every quarter in Nigeria.
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"PLURAL SOCIETY" WITH SHARIA AND HISBAH ?
The narrow-minded reasoning of the ACF has one explanation,the blind lust for oil and gas dollars which they have gotten used to within the last 40 years.I do not know of any southerner who would feel free and safe to live and work up north,no matter how law-abiding one maybe,chances are that the next massacre will take your life and destroy your business or you may get blown up if you attend worship as a Christian,this is the unpleasant reality,and an inconvenient truth for an ACF in denial.
The north has been part of Nigeria sharing the same laws since amalgamation(1914) but recently found it necessary to adopt a different justice dispensation system in a fit of self determination.The same north is resisting attempts by other regions to shape their future within Nigeria,this paradox will form the basis for violent disintegration.
Na who cause am?
All this retarded arguments from the northern Nigeria intelligentsia never ceases to amaze me,that 13 states came together to form the United States of America does it mean that we have to spend so much money and blood trying to re invent the wheel where non is required? we have federations models around the world that only require replication in Nigeria but because of the so called peculiarities of federalism,we must keep prostrate until our federation dies,why for instance have we been creating economically un viable states and local government? who were the people that agitated for such and what were the reasons? for me,the only motivation for so many of our people entering politics has been to get hands at crude oil money,this is why our population has been bloated beyond reality almost to the point of absurdity so that more money could be received.This uncontrolled ethnic greed for oil money caused by mental laziness is the bane of Nigeria
Here they go again
Brood of vipers here they go again. This people are so daft as to understand that Nigeria has change and they can no longer lord their views over others.
THE NORTH CANNOT KEEP THE DYSFUNCTIONAL STATUS-QUO
Only an idiot will consider the present Nigeria a country that works for it's people.It is clear that the north constitutes an obstacle to progress and seeks to pull the rest of the country into the pit it finds itself.The ACF wants to retain the laws of military dictatorship,they want to retain the lopsided political structure which favours the north.
It is also interesting to note that they claim off-shore oil and gas regardless of international law specifications on off-shore oil ownership.The other regions of Nigeria including the Middle-Belt seeks constitutional recognition but the north does not.
WHAT ARE NORTHERNERS SCARED OF?THIS RELATIONSHIP WILL NOT STAND THE TEST OF TIME IF PERTINENT ISSUES ARE NOT SORTED OUT AND SHOULD THE STATUS-QUO LEAD TO VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION,IT WILL BE THE FAULT OF THE NORTH,HUMAN NATURE WILL TAKE IT'S COURSE,THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE COLLECTIVE WILL OF A PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED,WE WERE LUMPED TOGETHER BY COLONIALISTS,NOT BY OUR FREE-WILL.
ACF IS A SINKING SHIP.
ACF has destroyed the North and its economy. What have they said about Boko Haram? Nothing.
ARE THE SPONSORS NOT ACF MEMBERS?
MY GOD! ANOTHER FOOLISHNESS FROM ACF!!!
The country MUST return to the 1963 Republican Constitution whereby every region kept what they earned and contributed only 50% to the Federal government.
That was why there was development and progress in the North and in other regions..
THE NORTH IS VERY RICH IN SOLID MINERAL RESOURCES.
Our thieving governors in the North want easy oil money to carry every month in their jets to Dubai where they all have homes and their family members.
THERE IS NO ONE NORTH AGAIN. IT ENDED MANY YEARS AGO.
WHO ARE KILLING THE MIDDLE BELTERS ON DAILY BASIS FOR MANY YEARS NOW?????
How did I find myself in the same country with these people?
How did I find myself in the same country with these people? ImHow did I find myself in the same country with these people?
Imagine a Warri man like me, in the same country with somebody from Sokoto, Zamfara, Bernin kebbi etc, How come? How can this be?
Those Britico people no go die better at all. Because of them agenda to steal, them carry senseless and blood sucking demons and their cowardly brothers from the Y..... country join us together as one. Nonesense.
We no go gree at all. Pls make all our Generals get ready for action...We must control and take back our resources by force.
Warri Boy
1914 was a disaster. The stupidity and greed of the British
..“Nigerian democracy is not matured enough for state police which is subject to abuse by state governments against national unity. What is more, the states are not financially viable enough to manage state police.."
This underscores the latent fear within the Northern and cowardly Western countries of continent Nigeria...Fear that state police may metamorphose into state army and be a potent route to secession. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on the side you are, this secession is inevitable...
1914 is an aberration. There is no one continent with such gaping diversity and divergence of its peoples as u find in continent Nigeria. There is no basis for coexistence except that the parasitic North & cowardly West of continent Nigeria wud want to continue to feed on the wealth of the SS & SE countries. This is totally unacceptable.
Long live the republic of the SS & SE
The longest wait.,,
This is the longest wait for without southerners abusing northerners whenever the north voices its opinion. Are southerners beginning to understand the word tolerance? It is not in the dictionary of Ijaw, Igbo, Yoruba, Ibibio, etc. southerners hate northerners. Where are the hate messages? Is there God in you guys? Abuses abuses abuses.
The ACF Roadmap
The Road Map has a robust dose of relevance and streaks of genuine commitment to finding enduring answers to nagging national problems.
However, its silence on the plight of minority groups within specific state structures is a serious limitation.
My take is that we should not throw out the baby with the partially dirty waters of the ACF Road Map

