By; Imrana Abdullahi
THE AREWA BROADCAST MEDIA PRACTITIONERS FORUM, ABMPF,has draw the attention of the government to the growing of mass poverty in the North and to note that all efforts at intervention have not addressed the root courses of the problem.
The Forum revealed this during a Press Conference at Statement hotel,Central Area, Near Abia house,Abuja Nigeria at about 11 AM,on 17, June, 2026.
Governors in the North should place less emphasis on building flyovers and concentrate on human capital development in the region.
According to Alhaji Abdullahi Yelwa, the
Chairman of Arewa Broadcast Media Practitioners Forum, ABMPF, said While we are calling on the government to take urgent remedial measures to forestall mass deaths, we call on government at all levels to join forces to create a developmental blueprint for the region.
“We lament the collapse of industries in the North all is as a result of some unwanted attitudes that is why we are calling on critical stakeholders to wake up from their slumber to continue with the profound legacies of our forebears.
The Forum, in particular, praise the efforts of Benue State Government for promoting orange processing industries and call on other states to promote the growth of industries in which they hold competitive advantage.
We must create avenues for job creation for our teeming youth with a view to taming the tide of idleness and drug abuse in the society.
“Leaders should examine the issue of out of school children as 80 to 90 percent of out of school children are from the North, which is another problem in the years coming.”
“We equally call on the Federal government to develop a functional Railway system for the region.
In conclusion, we wish to assure governments at all levels of our readiness to partner with them for the ameliorating the challenges confronting the North”, ABMPF added.
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