Nigeria: Confab - Northern Elders, ACF Fault Selection of Delegates

28 February 2014

The Northern Elders' Forum (NEF) and the Arewa Consultative Forum have condemned the process of selecting delegates to the forthcoming national conference, saying it is not a true representation of the views of the masses, but those of the friends of the governors and the president.

At a press conference yesterday in Abuja, addressed by members of the two groups, with the NEF deputy leader and Second Republic minister, Paul Unongo, alongside Prof Ango Abdullahi and Alhaji Sani Zangon Daura in attendance, the groups expressed its support for the conference and pledged to contribute its opinion to the conference whether or not it was invited.

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