Following the arrest of some Northern youths in Lagos state recently, the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNGs) said it has concluded plans to ensure that all job opportunities in the North that have been unduly monopolised by southerners are reclaimed and restored appropriately.
The coalition, through its spokesman, Abdul-Azeez Sulaiman, therefore, said it would unveil a portal for the registration of all employable northern youths, their states of origin, educational qualifications and skills.
Addressing a press conference in Kano, Sunday to react to the recent development in Lagos and Rivers states, the coalition said it observed that except for a few northern political leaders like Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, all federal and state authorities, the entire political, religious and cultural establishments in the North were silent on the Rivers and Lagos affairs.
The CNGs also observed that “We observe that northerners face all sorts of humiliation and rejection like the latest incident in Lagos, because they are forced to seek alternative opportunities by the following realities: The bulk of opportunities meant for northerners in the North has been inadvertently taken up by people from the South
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