The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has stated that it will support only a Northern candidate for the presidency in the 2027 general elections, News About Nigeria reports.
This announcement was made during the Forum’s National Executive Council meeting held in Kaduna State on Wednesday.
In a communiqué signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Professor Tukur Muhammad-Baba, the ACF expressed its readiness to back Northern candidates for the presidency.
It explained that this decision is aimed at addressing the country’s current socio-economic challenges while also criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms.
The Forum also expressed concern over the deplorable economic situation in the northern region under President Tinubu’s administration, blaming poor socio-economic policies of the federal government for the region’s deteriorating condition.
It warned that unless urgent steps are taken, the north may face severe economic difficulties.
It also lamented the worsening insecurity in the region, stating that it is the most worrisome challenge for the Arewa people.
It noted that the issue of insecurity has also started to undermine the authority of the government, adding that people have started to ask what the purpose of government is.
ACF therefore called on President Tinubu to review, reassess, reevaluate and re-order the direction of its economic policies in the interest of Nigerians.
The communique reads in part, “Security is an irreducible minimum of human existence. In this regard, insecurity in its various manifestations remains the most worrisome challenge of Arewa people, that has even started to corrosively undermine the authority of government; such that people have started to ask what the purpose of government is.”
