Pro zoning group addresses northern governors

Written by Daily Trust Thursday, 29 July 2010

The Arewa Youth Development Foundation which was persuaded to drop its planned procession to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, venue of the Northern Governors’ meeting instead opted to present a written demand for zoning to be respected by the ruling PDP.
On Tuesday, leaders of the group met with Police commissioner Tambari Yabo Muhammad for several hours, when they sought for police permit to stage the procession of 20,000 protesters which would have taken off from 11 different positions within Kaduna metropolis. However, the police advised them against it, because of the volatile nature of Kaduna.
An agreement was reached with the youth leaders to nominate five of their leaders who will present their case to the northern governors.
Around 11 am, the police commissioner led the nominees to the Government House Kaduna, venue of the Northern Governors’ Forum meeting. After the opening remarks by Dr Babangida Aliyu, governor of Niger state, the delegates were ushered into the closed door meeting.
In a letter addressed to the chairman of the forum, the Arewa Youths restated their support for zoning, saying it should be adhered to the latter.