Why we want North Central Development Commission – Useni

The chairman, Board of Trustees of the North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF), Sen Jeremiah Useni, has said the forum will not drag the federal government to court over restructuring.

Speaking through his spokesman, Abraham Yiljab, Useni said the “forum does not plan to sue the federal government for “constitutional violations as some regional bodies have done.”

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The chairman was responding to the recent litigation by the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF). The southern leaders had on Thursday said its decision to sue the federal government was to ensure the entrenchment of true federalism other than the current system practised in the country.

Plaintiffs in the case were led to court by Chief Ayo Adebanjo of Afenifere, Chief John Nwodo of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Dr Pogu Bitrus of Middle Belt Forum and Chief Edwin Clark of PANDEF.

General Useni said the NCPF “is instead focusing on the urgent need for the establishment of a North Central Development Commission within the current constitutional framework to take care of the infrastructural challenges confronting the north-central zone.