{"id":95002,"date":"2022-05-17T23:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95002"},"modified":"2022-05-17T23:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T22:10:09","slug":"presidency-slams-northern-elders-youve-no-right-to-ask-any-group-to-leave-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/presidency-slams-northern-elders-youve-no-right-to-ask-any-group-to-leave-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency slams Northern Elders: You\u2019ve no right to ask any group to leave north"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1733111826939445515\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Presidency has berated Northern Elders Forum (NEF), noting that the group has not right to ask any group to leave the northern region.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSenior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, condemned the utterances in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the latest statement from the so-called \u201cNorthern Elders Forum,\u201d the statement said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe wish to reassure Nigerians that it remains their democratically elected leadership which takes the decisions that steer our nation \u2013 and no one else.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo self-appointed and unelected group can take this right from Nigerians \u2013 no matter how much coverage they might enjoy in the media. Nigerians listen to elected leaders, not opinionated tin-gods who have no traction with any responsible group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a delusional arrogance that would lead such a group to publicly state terms and conditions for the existence of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho gave them the right to ask for the exclusion, or expulsion of any one, group or section of the country from the Federal Republic of Nigeria?<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe Nigerian government does not take guidance nor invitations from such groups \u2013 only from the Nigerian people who put governments in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny group can refer to themselves as \u201cleaders\u201d, but in Nigeria, if you have not been elected by Nigerians to a leadership role, then you are not \u2013 and the government certainly doesn\u2019t recognise you as such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many other countries around the world, Nigeria is feeling the strain of the current period of volatility and uncertainty. Now is not the time to seek to exacerbate divisions amongst Nigerians. Rather, we call on all Nigerians to come together and work to overcome the challenges we face as one nation, one people.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has berated Northern Elders Forum (NEF), noting that the group has not right to ask any group to leave the northern region. 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