{"id":133425,"date":"2024-10-07T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum"},"modified":"2024-10-07T13:35:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:35:13","slug":"exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum","title":{"rendered":"Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing \u2013 Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Kaduna State chapter, has described as disturbing, depressing and shocking the exclusion of its members in the recently constituted Governing Board of the North West Development Commission, NWDC, by President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by its chairman, Mr Luka Binniyat on Sunday evening said, \u201cthe total absence of any member from the Middle Belt parts of the North West Development Commission is very disturbing and depressing, as it does not seem to acknowledge and respect the diversity and composition of the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may mean that President Ahmed Bola Tinubu will continue the marginalization of the Middle Belt in the Northwest when it comes to the general welfare of our people, similar to his immediate predecessor, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lamented, \u201cHow can Kano and Jigawa states have two members each, while Southern Kaduna and Southern Kebbi, with a large Christian population, have no representation? Where is diversification and Federal Character represented here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chairman explained the North Central zone is far smaller than the Middle Belt that spans 13 states in the north and the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>While protesting the exclusion of the area from the commission, he said their perennial marginalization would continue even in staff recruitment and appointment on the commission\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Binniyat observed that Southern Kaduna and Southern Kebbi have suffered genocidal herdsmen destruction and kidnappings since 2014, stressing that fair resource allocation to ravaged areas was unlikely without representation.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that if the Senate confirms the list and the President inaugurates the members, he should prepare for potential conflicts and crises of interest in the Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Binniyat stated that Tinubu should note that while other Northwest areas protested violently against the government, the MBF restrained its members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Kaduna State chapter, has described as disturbing, depressing and shocking the exclusion of its members in the recently constituted Governing Board of the North West Development Commission, NWDC, by President Bola Tinubu. A statement issued by its chairman, Mr Luka Binniyat on Sunday evening said, \u201cthe total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[2636,254,13334],"class_list":["post-133425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-middle-belt","tag-nigeria","tag-north-west"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing \u2013 Forum - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Kaduna State chapter, has described as disturbing, depressing and shocking the exclusion of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing \u2013 Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Kaduna State chapter, has described as disturbing, depressing and shocking the exclusion of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-07T11:22:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-07T12:35:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728291874.428045.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing \u2013 Forum\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-07T11:22:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-07T12:35:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728291874.428045.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Middle Belt\",\"Nigeria\",\"North West\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/exclusion-of-middle-belt-from-north-west-commission-disturbing-depressing-forum\",\"name\":\"Exclusion of Middle Belt from North West Commission disturbing, depressing \u2013 Forum - 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