By; USMAN NASIDI, Kaduna.
The Arewa Consultative Synergy Congress (ACSC), has frown at the recent concluded interactive season organized by the Arewa Joint Committee in Kaduna, saying that it lacks wide spread consultation even within their members.
In a statement issued to newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday, the Convener and National President (ACSC), Engr. Harris Elrasheed Jibril, disclosed that the none inclusion of prominent Arewa political groups, youth organisations, CSOs and CBOs to develop a sustainable development blue print for the Arewa Agenda may sound negative to the region.
He added that, the interactive season which was organized to host some prominent presidential candidates in Kaduna State and held at Arewa House between October 15 to 17, 2022 in the name of interest of the Northern People and as Northerners voice, right from the beginning was a failure, hence, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and only four others or as acclaimed, the “Arewa Joint Committee “does not have the Northern People of Arewa’s mandate to present the Arewa Agenda.
Meanwhile, the ACSC as a stakeholder and a prime consultative group in the Northern part of the country, also strongly believes that, the motive behind the event if duly consulted and signed by all concerned parties that represent a larger number of people, could have yielded a positive result, hence, the ACF or the self acclaimed Arewa Joint Committee could have more strong voices to present the Arewa mandate before the invited guests.
“We were in a deep shock coming to see that the organizers of the presidential candidates interaction season went ahead to present the Arewa agenda mandate without duly consultations from every angle, while we have much prominent Arewa political groups, youth organizations, CSO’s and CBO’s that might add more value to the quest if earlier contacted.
“But our greatest surprises was that, a lot of us were never consulted and it comes to understanding that even within their own members, many were not duly informed of the recent progress not to talk of others outside and within the entire Northern parts of the region and for that, we are not accepting the earlier activities carried out to be resolutions of the Northern People Agenda, but rather a certain group accession.
“And for that, the ACSC as a consultative assembly in its own capacity and heavily represented by its convener, Dr. Harris Elrasheed Jibril, is hereby, condemning the recent act of disunity, tntolerance, and self-centered act displayed by these group and few people to achieve their own selfish desired goal in the name of the North (Arewa), and Northern People.
“While we also condemn their action as a form of alienation and an attempt to continue same kind of activity and business as usual by these group leaders claiming to be Northern leaders as we wonder with who’s mandate,” Dr. Harris said.
