Allow NEDC Board Members To Work, Group Tells Critics

North East Elders and Youth Peoples Forum (NEYPF) has appealed to security agents to fish out those making false allegations against Vice President Kashim Shettima and reappointment of the managing director North East Development Commission (NEDC) Mohammad Goni Alkali and other board members of the commission.

The group described the naysayers as enemies of North East making false allegations to distract Alkali from consolidating on the good work, he has started by repositioning the region through execution of laudable projects.

In a press release issued in Bauchi yesterday by its chairman and secretary, Alhaji Salihu Magaji and Lawal Abdullahi respectably, the group said the unwarranted attack on the appointment of Alkali and the false threat to go to court by the faceless group was mischievous and based on hatred, malice, envy and ignorance.

Magaji said the people behind the statement were feigning ignorance on how federal appointments were made in order to sway unsuspecting public to their ploy to cause a crisis.

“First of all, we wish to appreciate President Tinubu for the reappointment of the board which was long in coming. We are indeed proud of Alkali; he has a humble political pedigree, sagacity, and versatility in all fields of human endeavour.

“We outrightly condemn the sponsors of the false and imaginary write up, we are sad that these self-centered faceless group did not see anything good in this appointment, but chose to malign and cast aspersions on his well-deserved appointment,” he said.

“Consequently, we urge relevant respected citizens to ignore all forms of unholy antagonism against Alkali and other board members. The group called on the security agencies to unravel this faceless group trying to sow a seed of discord in the country,” he added.