From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has blamed Northern Governors for the insecurity bedeviling the region, saying they had over the years refused to address the situation through job creation.
Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), ACF, Ambassador Shehu Malami stated this at the 2nd meeting of the Board in Kaduna, yesterday.
According to him, negative socio-economic situation is hard on the youths in the region.
He said owing to the challenges, the north is sitting on a time bomb waiting to explode.
He, however, tasked the northern governors to industrialise the region as well as establish financial institutions to facilitate employment and development.
The BOT chairman also lamented over dwindling economic fortunes of the country, saying the negative effects of the nation’s economy is more pronounced in the north than any part of the country.
He , blamed the bad economy on ineffective and inefficient monetary policies of the government which led to the current, “hyper-inflationary trends”.
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