PRESS RELEASE Mr Abdusalami Abubakar (GCFR) Former Head of State, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Minna. Dear General, Re: Roundtable on National Issues and Security Greetings to you from the leaders of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum. We individually received your invitation to the above event holding in Minna between 29-30 July ,2019. We thank you for your interest in the affairs of our country which made us to accept your invitation in good faith. It was in the thick of our preparations for the journey that fuller details of the roundtable came to our attention, some aspect of which…

Mr Ango Abdullahi, former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is leader of Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF). He speaks with Sunday Sun on the controversial, but now suspended RUGA settlement programme of President Mohammadu Buhari-led government, the corruption crusade, among other national issues. Excerpts: What is your view on the RUGA controversy, although it’s suspended, most Nigerians are still complaining, why? The only reason we are having this noise, the hullabaloo about the livestock industry in this country, is because everything has been very badly politicized, there is no rational discussion; there is no investigation about the various aspects…