Insecurity And Poverty Are Worsening In The North – ACF

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed deep concern over the worsening insecurity, poverty and humanitarian challenges confronting Northern Nigeria. The alarm was recently raised by ACF Chairman, Mamman Mike Osuman, SAN, while delivering his welcome address at the Forum’s 79th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the ACF Secretariat in Kaduna.

According to him, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping are increasingly displacing communities and disrupting livelihoods, and something must be done to arrest the situation quickly.

Mamman added that natural disasters, loss of lives and harsh living conditions are factors compounding the plight of residents in the North.

His words, “Terrorism, armed banditry, insurgency, and kidnapping are on the rise, as witnessed in Kwara, Southern Kaduna, Katsina, Benue, and other locations.

The consequences have been devastating, with families and communities violently uprooted and displaced.

Our existence as a socio-cultural organisation must not be merely ceremonial or rhetorical; it must be principled, sincere, sacrificial, and action-driven.”

WOW.