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Northern youth
under the aegis of Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) said yesterday that they
will resist any attempt by politicians to turn them into militants
following the rising wave of insecurity in that part of the country.

They made this
known in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Kaduna, it
was signed by AYF president, Gambo Gujungu and secretary, Alex
Baidi.“The northern youth have resolved to resist the gradual attempts
by politicians to transform them into militants of no cause thereby
compromising their future,” the group said. “That the northern youth
shall rise up to the greater call of a united Nigeria devoid of
regional or shallow and short term convictions.” The group said that
what is happening in the region portends a great danger to the
historically recognised and respected culture of tolerance and
political dexterity associated with the people.

It stated that all
personal and group political adventures must not be transformed into
regional or religious projects at the expense of national
unity.According to the group, the inherent values that gave the country
its strength in diversity is being tempted by misguided political and
religious events across the country, and warned that the supremacy of
the country must not give way to personal, regional, political and
other sentiments.

Governors’ effort

The AYF also
commended the efforts of the state governors in the region as well as
Vice President, Namadi Sambo in their bid to build a greater Nigeria
which will of course be a great benefit to the northern region. It also
called on government at all levels to reinforce mechanism of employment
generation so as to puncture the youth sector’s tendencies exploited by
some people.The conference however resolved to carry on the
sensitisation of the youth of the north to stand up and fight all
enemies of the region intending to compromise their future.“The
conference commended the government’s effort towards conducting
credible and called on all northerners to fulfill their citizen’s
obligations by registering and be tolerant with the process,” the
communiqué said.