The umbrella Northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum, on Thursday in Kaduna, expressed concern over what it described as the “untold hardship” and pains inflicted on Nigerians due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the organised labour and civil society groups over the removal of subsidy on fuel by the Federal Government.
The Forum warned that the current deadlock between
Labour and the Federal Government would cause further pains to the
hapless citizens of the country.
The ACF, in a communiqué issued at the end of its
emergency meeting in Kaduna on Thursday, also dissociated itself from
the activities of the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram, urging
residents of the Northern states to disregard the ultimatum recently
handed down to Southerners and Christians by the sect to leave the
region.
The communiqué jointly signed by the ACF National
Chairman, Alhaji Aliko Mohammed, and National Publicity Secretary,
Anthony Sani, appealed to the organised labour and the Federal
Government to “reconsider” their positions on the fuel subsidy removal.
The Forum stated that both parties and the other
stakeholders should resume negotiations with a view to arriving at a
compromise in the interest of the nation and the economy.
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