ACF’s National Publicity Secretary Anthony N. Z. Sani said in a statement that the three organs of ACF, namely, the National Working Committee (NWC), The National Executive Council (NEC) and the Board of Trustees (BOT), held their separate meetings on September 24th, 25th and 26th, 2013, respectively.
The three meetings were well attended by members. While Alhaji Aliko Mohammed chaired the first two meetings, Retired Lt Gen JT Useni chaired that of BOT.
Many issues of national importance were discussed in the meetings including “the marginalization of the northern part of the country in air travels. There is also evidence that fewer northerners are getting jobs and deployment in parastatals of Ministry of Aviation and in the management of airports in the country.
“As things stand now, there are no international flights in the north except Abuja. The ACF, therefore, urged relevant authorities and Fedral Ministry of Aviation to also improve the aviation industry in the North. This is good for the interest of the growth and development of the national economy.”
The statement said “the meetings considered the factors militating against good conduct of free and fair elections over the years and still insisted that INEC should conduct all five elections on the same day. It is the considered opinion of ACF that such arrangement will cut cost of elections and reduce problems of logistics and do away with band wagon effects that are associated with staggered elections.
If other African countries can do it, Nigeria can also do so.”
The Forum commended the National Assembly for its decision to thoroughly investigate the claims and counter claims which have trailed the recent killings of suspected members of Boko Haram near the Legislative quarters Apo, Abuja among other issues.
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