The position of the MBF was in reaction to a video in which El-Rufai justified his choice of a Muslim Deputy Governor.
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The PDP chieftain said this when he spoke on a Channels Television programme: “The 2023 Verdict,” on Wednesday.
The President of the MBF, Bitrus Pogu, reaffirmed the position in Enugu on Sunday at the 70th birthday of Nnia Nwodo.
Obi made the promise at a rally organised by the Middle Belt Forum on Thursday in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The groups stressed that an Igbo President is the only key that will drive peace, unity and inclusion as well as national development; adding that 2023 presidency rightfully belongs to the South-East region.
The MBF stated this in a statement by its National President, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, made available to the media on Monday.
The SMBLF took the decision in Abuja on Wednesday following developments in the polity that it described as “some urgent business of national importance”.
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, made the position of the Presidency known in a statement on Sunday
He said this in Abuja on Thursday while delivering a speech, titled: :Moving Nigeria Away from Tipping Over,” at a consultative dialogue attended by various socio-cultural groups, including Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo and Pan Niger Delta Forum
Nasiru Jagaba, the National Youth Leader, Middle Belt Forum, who led the protest along NNPC Junction, Kachia Road, Kaduna, alleged a conspiracy in the ongoing killings.
The meeting is scheduled to take place on July 29 and 30, 2019
The Forum, made up of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Middle Belt Forum, made its position known in a statement signed by their leaders, including Chief E. K. Clark, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Chief John Nwodo and Dr. Pogu Bitrus
After leaving office, Waku became active in the Arewa Consultative Forum, a northern lobbying group
Regional socio-cultural organisations, including Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum, Pan-Niger Delta Forum and Middle Belt Forum, have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, for the presidency.
Turaki made this clear at an interaction with the leadership of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, South-South Peoples Assembly, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Afenifere and the Middle Belt Forum on Sunday at the residence of their chairman and an elder statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, in Abuja.
Olawepo-Hashim gave this assurance while addressing a mammoth crowd that thronged the Middle Belt Conference organized by the Middle Belt Forum, with the theme: “Restructuring Nigeria and Reawakening: The Position of the Middle Belt,” held in IBB Square, Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
Governor Aliyu, while announcing his support for the group, which leadership called on him at the Government House in Minna, challenged it not to make the same mistakes made by similar groups in the past, especially the Middle Belt Forum, led by Gana
The Forum, in a statement signed by a 1993 members of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Zang, however, said it was the right of Jonathan to stand for reelection