Don’t stigmatise a whole ethnic group to avoid conflagration, ACF warns - Vanguard News

In this interview, the National Secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum , Anthony Sani, speaks on the state of the nation against the backdrop of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. Excerpts:he North seems to be the most insecure place in the country now with Boko Haram, kidnapping and banditry. Is ACF worried?

The North is more divided now ever than before. Is this an indication that ACF has failed in its unifying role? Those who thought so do not know the origin of Middle Belt agitations, to wit, it was meant for a Middle Belt region reminiscent of Mid-West which was created for the minority from the former Western Region in response to the recommendations of the Wilink Commission. But now that states and local governments have been created to allay the fears of domination of minorities by the majorities, one can reasonably posit that the agitations by Middle Belt Forum are rooted in what no longer exists.

That explains why the forum in its advocacies strives to help shape events instead of allowing events to shape the polity. So, the endorsement of a presidential candidate of a northern extraction over another presidential candidate of the same North does not necessarily contradict what the ACF stands for but is in furtherance of what the forum believes is the best for most northerners in a given circumstance.

They are also opposed to the concept of RUGA which was meant to encourage sedentary habit away from nomadic practices that are not amenable to surveillance and monitoring for security purposes. But now that government has been sensitive enough to suspend RUGA in order to calm frayed nerves, we expect the critics to proffer viable alternatives that are realistically practical and acceptable to majority of stakeholders.

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