Northern leaders comprising serving and former senators, religious leaders, bureaucrats and technocrats, have given conditions to be met by Presidential candidates of the leading political parties to enjoy their support .
The Leaders stated this in Abuja on Wednesday at a 2-Day conference organized by a pro-northern group, Arewa New Agenda (ANA).
Assessment of candidate to support according to them, will be based on commitment and capacity of the person in addressing the challenges facing the region.
They also bemoaned the inability of the region’s leaders to set in motion, steps towards addressing the problems facing it.
The Secretary General, AREWA Consultative Forum, Murtala Aliyu, noted that the region must “reinforce its confidence and negotiate with the country’s political leadership to ensure its speedy development.”
This is as he regretted that for long leaders from the north had pursued “narrow and personal interest as against the interest…