Dandalin Middle Belt

Kungiyar ‘Middle Belt Forum’ (MBF) kungiya ce ta yankin siyasa da zamantakewar al’umma a Najeriya da ke neman bunkasa muradun al’ummar yankin Middle Belt, yankin da ba a san shi ba a yankin arewa ta tsakiyar Najeriya. Middle Belt tana da yawan jama'a dabam-dabam. Akwai kabilu sama da 250 da ke magana da harsuna sama da 400 a Najeriya, yawancinsu suna zaune ne a Middle Belt. Dandalin yana zama murya ga waɗannan ƙananan ƙungiyoyi.Lere Ojedokun (7 November 2003). "Danjuma Galvanises Middle Belt". Daily Champion. Retrieved 2010-04-04.Magaji ne ga ƙungiyoyin farko, kamar United Middle Belt Congress karkashin jagorancin Joseph Tarka.Cornelius Adebayo (2001-09-04). "Kwara State Past, Present and Future". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2005-12-02. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

Kin amincewa da ikon arewa
A ranar 9 ga watan Agustan shekarar 2001, wata tawaga daga kungiyar Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), mai wakiltar Arewa, ta ziyarci garin Jos na jihar Filato, a tsakiyar tsakiyar bel. Manjo Janar Abdullahi Shelleng ya gayyaci masu sauraronsa da su shiga kungiyar ACF. Sai dai a martanin da gwamna Joshua Dariye ya mayar ya bayyana cewa ba shi da sha'awar a mayar da shi saniyar ware, don haka ya gwammace ya ci gaba da kasancewa a matsayin "tsakiya". A cikin wata hira, Air Commodore Jonah David Jang mai ritaya ya bayyana matsayin a saukake: "Middle Belters are Middle Belters, kuma za mu ci gaba da zama Middle Belters""One North, Different People"
A watan Satumban 2001, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman, mai ritaya, tsohon gwamnan jihar Filato kuma shugaban kungiyar, ya ce masu yi wa ‘ya’yan kishin-kishin din din din din din din din din din din din din din din din  na ji ) ) mai ritaya ne mai ritaya, kuma shugaban kungiyar ne da ya kafa, ya bayyana cewa, masu rike da madafun iko sun zama wani nau’i ne da ke fuskantar barazana da kuma halakar al’adu.

Rikicin yanki
A cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi a watan Agustan 2002 bayan tashe-tashen hankula a tsakiyar zaman lafiya, Dan Suleiman wani bangare ya zargi shugabannin arewa mai nisa da karfafa tashin hankalin. Ikokwu, Constance (2002-08-25). "'Arewa Doesn't Speak for Entire North'". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2004-12-06. Retrieved 2010-04-04. a watan Mayun 2003, mataimakin shugaban kasa Atiku Abubakar ya gana da shugabannin MBF karkashin jagorancin Dan Suleiman. Ya kuma bayyana al’ummar yankin a matsayin ‘yan Najeriya masu kishin kasa, masu goyon baya da son kai, wadanda suka sadaukar da fiye da mutanen sauran yankuna wajen rike kasar nan. Ya kuma gargadi shugabannin dandalin da su guji masu kutsawa cikin kasar da ke son haifar da rashin hadin kai da rashin zaman lafiya a kasar.Kola Ologbondiyan (2003-05-24). "Resist Infiltrators, Atiku Tells Middle-Belt Leaders". ThisDay. Archived from the original on 2005-01-13. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

Bayan wani rikicin da ya barke a Jihar Filato, a cikin watan Maris na shekarar 2010, Shugaban MBF, Pius Atta ya yi kira da a sauya sunan shiyyar Arewa ta Tsakiya da yankin Middle Belt"Middle Belt Forum seeks new name for North-Central zone"

Shugabanci da mukamai na tsarin mulki
A cikin watan Maris na shekarar 2005, shugabannin dandalin sun yi kira da a sake fasalin tsarin shiyya-shiyya a Nijeriya daga shiyyoyi shida na yanzu zuwa takwas.[8] A cikin Janairu 2008, wata tawaga daga Middle Belt Forum karkashin jagorancin shugaban MDF Isaac Shaahu ya bukaci tsohon Gwamna Jonah Jang na Jihar Filato ya karbi jagorancin kungiyar Middle Belt Governor's Forum, wata kungiya mai alaka.Middle Belt Forum Seeks Zonal Restructuring". ThisDay. 2005-03-23. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23. Retrieved 2010-04-04.

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