Arewa forum says economic empowerment will solve security challenges- An influential northern group, ACF, has advised the Nigerian government on what to do to address insecurity - According to the ACF, empowering citizens economically will help address the security crisis, particularly in the north - ACF's chairman, Audu Ogbeh, highlighted what the forum is also planning to do to improve the region's economy and ultimately, address the security challenges PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has revealed what the federal government should do to address the menace of insecurity in the northern part of the country. Channels TV reports that that forum, speaking through its chairman, Audu Ogbeh, said economic empowerment will solve the security challenges. Legit.ng gathers that Ogheh who is a former minister of agriculture noted that the entire northern region has been affected by insecurity. Read also The Lekki protest, deaths and matter arising by Bernard Balogun He stated this in Maiduguri when he and other members of the forum visited the Borno state governor, to commiserate with him over the recent killing of farmers. Ogheh said the economy of the northern region has been brought to its knees as a result of the insecurity. He said: Ogbeh said the ACF has resolved to focus on economic empowerment programmes to develop small scale agro-industries across the north. He added that the forum will incorporate a company which will be the holding company to manage small industries that would be built and rented out to the youths to establish mills and begin to practice industrial growth. Read also We're in trouble - Ex-president Jonathan says amid rising security under Buhari, loss of unity among youths The former minister lamented: PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet! Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the festering insecurity across the 19 northern states in Nigeria has turned the northern establishment, comprising elders, academics, prominent clerics, traders, farmers and a segment of the public against President Muhammadu Buhari. The regional leaders, who hitherto were supporters of the president, are now allegedly of the view that he has woefully failed in meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the region, especially regarding the security of lives and properties. Read also Buhari's govt has failed on security - Northern group spits fire, reveals its next move They are, therefore calling for the president's resignation. Service Chiefs must go - Nigerians to Buhari | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - An influential northern group, ACF, has advised the Nigerian government on what to do to address insecurity - According to the ACF, empowering citizens economically will help address the security crisis, particularly in the north - ACF's chairman, Audu Ogbeh, highlighted what the forum is also planning to do to improve the region's economy and ultimately, address the security challenges PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng “The same disaster has happened across the north today we have no banks, you can't even take a loan and invest, no industries, agriculture has declined and our own children have turned to violence as a means of livelihood. “We are very depressed because we have nothing to leave behind for our children and violence will not sustain us.” “The tragedy of the north is that the only industry we have left is politics and politics alone has never grown any society; we have to grow. "As a people who are backward, making no progress, as people who are poor and so on and so forth this is not good for us, it is not good for our children it is not good for the future.”