Arewa: We Can’t Be Intimidated Over Call To Probe NNPC In Remittance Shortfall To CBN

A prominent northern group, the Arewa Consulative Youths Movement (ACYM) has said that it cannot be intimidated by its request asking President Mohammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgent national importance direct full-scale invention-remittance of the alleged non remittance of oil earnings to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The Arewa Movement denied the purported statement in circulation, where it disassociated itself from the statement, calling on President Buhari to investigate NNPC over the shortfall.

The Arewa noted that there has been moved to force a fake statement on the media, through an impostor.

The statement by ACYM President, Malam Kabiru Yusuf reads, “my attention has been drawn to a press statement in circulationKabirrtedly signed by me (kabiru Yusuf), disassociating my humble self and my office from the TuesConsultativent by the Arewa Consulative Youths Movement (ACYM) asking President Mohammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgent national importance direct full-scale invention-remittance the alleged non remittance of oil earnings to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC).

“The said press statement which was signed by a rented impostor Mr Kabiru Yusuf was in line with the desperate but failed move by the NNPC and its cohorts to cover the monument on-remittance the exposed non remittance of oil earnings by the NNPCdesperate

“We are aware of desperste attempts by certain persons working for NNPC to force the fake statement on our highly respected media to see same as though it emanated from the authentic President of ACYM, Kabiru Yusuf .

“And for the avoidance of doubt, the ACYM still stand by its TKabir statement signed by kabiru Yusuf, asking President Buhari to probe the non-partisan.

“ACYM as a non partisan association can never succumb to sadviseeap blackmail and we advice the NNPC to face the issue rather than makingattemptsperate but failed attempts to divert public attention on this economic sabotage.

“As a group, we believe that the shortfall was capable of plunging the country into a serious crisis if unchecked.

“It said it was therefore important for the Preto to ascertain the causes and ensuring the causes and ensure that things change for the better.

“Our earlier statement partly read: ‘Arewa youths are indeed concerned about the widely reported shortfall in the remittances of the NNPC into the CBN coffers.

‘It is our humble opinion that all those involved should be probed to underhand if there was any under hand dealings that led to the situation.

‘The President should not waste time in directing relevant persons or government agencies to probe the NNPC on this matter.’

The ACYM said that there must be reasons why remittances can drop so sharply and Nigerians would like to know these reasons, adding, “we urge the President not to delay in commissioning this very important probe.”