The Arewa Consultative Forum has condemned politicians embarking on early campaigns for the 2027 general elections, urging them to focus on addressing the country’s pressing issues.

Speaking at its National Executive Committee meeting in Kaduna on Thursday, the ACF chairman, Mamman Osuman, said emphasis should be on governance that addresses the needs of Nigerians rather than election campaigns.

Osuman also expressed concern over recent killings in Northern regions, particularly in Plateau, Edo, and Borno states, and the ongoing dispute between Kogi and Enugu states over the Ette Community land.

He also highlighted the economic hardship faced by Nigerians, including the high cost of living, poor healthcare, and expensive transportation.

He said, “Individual utterances and media exposés relating to the upcoming 2027 elections are already hitting the airwaves.

“This momentum, in my humble view, should take the back burner while emphasis should be earnestly placed on governance that will truly address the biting needs of our people who are daily subjected to sufferings as a result of brigandage, terrorism, kidnapping, mass murders, hunger, and diseases.

“Notwithstanding our individual political allegiance to individual politicians, groups or ideologies, I humbly urge that we as ACF, should in practical terms manifest and espouse ourselves as beacons of hope for our people by altruistically, openly and courageously preaching truth to power in the manner done by the late Martin Luther King Junior, Indira Ghandi and Nelson Mandela.


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