Middle Belt Is Not North — Mark Jacob

A former Attorney General of Kaduna state, Mark Jacob Nzamah
Esq, has clarified on the difference between the Middle Belt and
Northern Nigeria. Jacob who made the distinction at House of
Justice, said the Middle Belt was insoluble in the north and the
most victimized region in the contraption called Nigeria.

Lamenting on how the Middle Belt was fused together into a ”
so-called North” with no concrete terms under which the
relationship should exist, Jacob who is also a former National
Legal Adviser of the Peoples’ Democratic Party said that the Middle
Belt was the first and consistent victim of mass atrocities
perpetrated by terrorist bandits. He said although mainstream media
wrongly projects the situation as “Farmer- Herder conflict” which
has co-perpetrators, there is only one set of victims.

‘ The insecurity, banditry and food shortage which the country
now currently faces, has long been the fate of the Middle Belt.
Sadly, our Southern counterparts with whom we have more in common
are yet to understand that there’s a huge difference between
indigenes of the Middle Belt and those from the ‘core north’ and so
categorize us all as ‘Northerners’.

Responding to the Asaba Declaration by Southern Governors, Jacob
said it was a ray of hope and a pointer that help is on the way and
the challenges being faced by the Middle Belt will soon be a thing
of the past.

Ariyo Dare Atoye, a former Ekiti state gubernatorial aspirant,
described as ‘unfair and unjust’, the mode of political
appointments under the Buhari administration. Ariyo who was guest
along with Hon. Mark Jacob, and Chinenye Uwanaka, the C.E.O. of the
FALI Group, said restructuring would allow for devolution of
political powers and ensure greater autonomy over state
resources.

He praised the Southern Governors on the Asaba Declaration
stating that the single agenda of the meeting had other components
geared towards ensuring security, peace and welfare of the people
in Nigeria.

On her part, Chinenye Uwanaka Esq who responded to the question
on whether the eastern part of Nigeria was dealing with a different
set of security issues from those captured in the Southern
Governors’ resolution, said there was an existing leadership vacuum
in most of the eastern states and youths in the region fill up the
gap by following the likes of Nnamdi Kanu.

” I am Igbo. The idea of ‘One Nigeria’ appeals to me but it has
to be on fair and agreeable terms, ” she said.

The House of Justice is a weekly international media syndicate
on justice and governance. Hosted by Gloria Mabeiam Ballason, it
airs every Thursday 15:00hrs (WAT) on the HOJRadio/Tv cable
network.

To listen live: http://www.houseofjusticeng.com/house-of-justice-radio^[1]

A former Attorney General of Kaduna state, Mark Jacob Nzamah
Esq, has clarified on the difference between the Middle Belt and
Northern Nigeria. Jacob who made the distinction at House of
Justice, said the Middle Belt was insoluble in the north and the
most victimized region in the contraption called Nigeria.

Lamenting on how the Middle Belt was fused together into a ”
so-called North” with no concrete terms under which the
relationship should exist, Jacob who is also a former National
Legal Adviser of the Peoples’ Democratic Party said that the Middle
Belt was the first and consistent victim of mass atrocities
perpetrated by terrorist bandits. He said although mainstream media
wrongly projects the situation as “Farmer- Herder conflict” which
has co-perpetrators, there is only one set of victims.

‘ The insecurity, banditry and food shortage which the country
now currently faces, has long been the fate of the Middle Belt.
Sadly, our Southern counterparts with whom we have more in common
are yet to understand that there’s a huge difference between
indigenes of the Middle Belt and those from the ‘core north’ and so
categorize us all as ‘Northerners’.

Responding to the Asaba Declaration by Southern Governors, Jacob
said it was a ray of hope and a pointer that help is on the way and
the challenges being faced by the Middle Belt will soon be a thing
of the past.

Ariyo Dare Atoye, a former Ekiti state gubernatorial aspirant,
described as ‘unfair and unjust’, the mode of political
appointments under the Buhari administration. Ariyo who was guest
along with Hon. Mark Jacob, and Chinenye Uwanaka, the C.E.O. of the
FALI Group, said restructuring would allow for devolution of
political powers and ensure greater autonomy over state
resources.

He praised the Southern Governors on the Asaba Declaration
stating that the single agenda of the meeting had other components
geared towards ensuring security, peace and welfare of the people
in Nigeria.

On her part, Chinenye Uwanaka Esq who responded to the question
on whether the eastern part of Nigeria was dealing with a different
set of security issues from those captured in the Southern
Governors’ resolution, said there was an existing leadership vacuum
in most of the eastern states and youths in the region fill up the
gap by following the likes of Nnamdi Kanu.

” I am Igbo. The idea of ‘One Nigeria’ appeals to me but it has
to be on fair and agreeable terms, ” she said.

The House of Justice is a weekly international media syndicate
on justice and governance. Hosted by Gloria Mabeiam Ballason, it
airs every Thursday 15:00hrs (WAT) on the HOJRadio/Tv cable
network.

To listen live: http://www.houseofjusticeng.com/house-of-justice-radio^[1]