MAKURDI - Elder Statesman and former Minister of Steel, Wantaregh Paul Unongo has declared that the Northern Elders Forum, NEF would support a northern presidential candidate at the 2015 general election.
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Unongo who is the deputy leader and spokesman of the forum made the declaration at the weekend while interacting with Journalists at his Makurdi residence.
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He lamented that the North has not been fairly treated under the present administration, "particularly in structural allocations" adding that "we would rationalize on that at the appropriate time".
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The former Minister further vowed that whoever or whichever presidential candidate the NEF throws its weight behind at the polls would win the election given the numerical strength of the north.
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While expressing worry over the crisis rocking the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, Unongo said he felt insulted by the conduct of the Governors because they are "Chief Executives who are supposed to drive, institutionalize and solidify the democratic process.