Following recent happenings that
threatens the very fundamental of Nigeria’s unity, a Northern Coalition Group, has
extended a serious challenge to President Muhammadu Buhari Government to show
to the country that he has the capacity to safeguard the corporate existence of
the nation.
“Coalition of Northern Group,
demands from the Federal Government proofs of it’s capacity to protect citizens
in all parts of the North as a minimum evidence that it is serious about it’s
responsibilities”, the CNG noted.
Speaking, the group’s Spokesman,
AbdulAziz Suleiman, the Board of Trustees Chairman Nastura Shariff and the
Chairman of the Coalition, Balarabe Rufai, said at a Press Conference in Kano
Press Center, Sunday that it is high time that Government showed its
seriousness to protect the citizens.
They said, ” we warn that failure
to bring about an immediate end to the violence ravaging the North will confirm
concerns of apparent system failure and that the region had been abandoned by
the authorities in which communities will be left with the only option of
taking steps to protect themselves “.
AbdulAziz Suleiman said the CNG
demand that the Federal government, Northern Governors and Legislators take
immediate steps to reassert the rights of every Nigerian to practice the
religion of his choice anywhere.
In this context, the group moves
to obtained a comprehensive statistics of all existing private establishments
in the north including Companies, Banking and Financial Institutions,
Educational Institutions, Telecom agencies, hotels and recreational centers,
Pension Companies, legal firms, health facilities, profit oriented NGO’S,
Insurance and stock agencies with a view to seeking the review of their staff
composition.
” By this, we means henceforth,
Northerners in their region would take 70 percent for States indigenes, 15
percent to catchment areas within north while 15 percent can go to any part”.
In the same vein, they asserted
that they will approach all indigenous contractors to get preference in the
award of all contracts from all governors in the region and money from the
region should not be used to support any other Southern groups or persons.
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