Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has donated an ultramodern office to the national leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum,ACF, to ensure the smooth and uninterrupted running of its activities.
The governor made the donation when he received the newly elected leadership of the forum at the government house Kaduna on Monday.
While presenting the ownership documents to the ACF, Mr Sani lauded the forum’s contributions to national growth and unity as the foremost leading political and cultural association of leaders in the North.
He particularly commended the forum’s steadfast commitment to the promotion and protection of the interests of the people of Northern Nigeria.
“We are confronted with difficult developmental and security questions. Criminal elements have laid siege to communities in the North and reversing our progress on multiple fronts. Our development deficits are scary and require urgent attention.
“ACF has a major role to play in building this required consensus for the best approach to tackling the multifaceted challenges facing Northern Nigeria. ACF must make efforts to refocus the attention of our people. Let us de-emphasise politics and focus on development. Let us gear our efforts towards overcoming the threats with all the energy we can muster.
“We are willing and ready to partner with the Arewa Consultative Forum on initiatives that will advance the interests of the people of the North. We want to help reposition ACF to effectively play its coordinating role.
“I am today handing over ACF the documents of the office complex donated by the Kaduna State ,” Mr Sani said.
The national president of the ACF, Mamman Mike Osuman, while thanking the governor for the befitting structure, also praised the current administration for the proactive and innovative policies of rural development and cohesion in the state.
“For over 20 years, the ACF had engaged with the Kaduna State Government on the acquisition and transfer of this property, which serves as our national headquarters.
“It took the leadership and fairness of Your Excellency, Governor Uba Sani, to bring the process to a most satisfactory conclusion.
“Sir, we can never thank you enough. In addition to all of these we hope, by this visit, to be able to promote a deeper and wider conversation around the current crises of insecurity and poverty ravaging Northern Nigeria,” Mr Osuman said.
