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Northern Youth Merger Group Warns PENGASSAN Against Sectionalism, Tribalism

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zz6oZqzx" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"vqKrq3lf" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Northern Youth Merger Group within the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar;&comma; under the leadership of its National Coordinator&comma; Comrade Musa Mujahid Zaitawa&comma; has issued a stern warning to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria &lpar;PENGASSAN&rpar;&comma; cautioning the union against any action that could disrupt operations at the Dangote Refinery or sabotage its enormous contribution to Nigeria’s economy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comrade Zaitawa made the declaration while addressing journalists during a peaceful protest organized by Northern youths at the National Assembly complex in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demonstrators&comma; under the banner of the Northern Youth Merger Group&comma; expressed strong support for Africa’s foremost industrialist&comma; Alhaji Aliko Dangote&comma; describing ongoing hostilities against the refinery as a dangerous move driven by envy and political manipulation&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"OYUpthhc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The National Coordinator of NYMG&comma; Comrade Musa Mujahid Zaitawa&comma; praised Dangote as a patriotic Nigerian whose multibillion-dollar investment has redefined the nation’s industrial landscape&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that the Dangote Refinery remains a monumental project that has already provided thousands of jobs&comma; both directly and indirectly&comma; with many skilled professionals relocating from Lagos and other parts of the country to join its workforce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Dangote Refinery is not just a business venture&semi; it is a national symbol of resilience&comma; self-sufficiency&comma; and economic pride&period; Any attempt to undermine it is an attempt to weaken Nigeria&comma;” Zaitawa declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He accused certain vested interests of trying to draw President Bola Ahmed Tinubu into what he described as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;politically engineered crisis” targeted at creating disaffection between the President and the North&comma; as well as destabilizing his administration ahead of the 2027 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comrade Zaitawa urged President Tinubu to remain focused and not allow himself to be distracted by the antics of those who thrive on political chaos and division&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The sponsors of this smear campaign are not fighting for the people&semi; they are fighting for their pockets&period; Their ultimate goal is to undermine the economic stability that the Dangote Refinery represents and to sow discord within the ruling party&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further called on Nigerians&comma; especially the youths&comma; to rally behind Dangote and protect national investments that guarantee the country’s industrial future&comma; stressing that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the Dangote Refinery is not just an asset to the North&semi; it is a cornerstone of Nigeria’s economic sovereignty that must be defended against any form of sabotage&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group emphasized that it appears the union is not merely opposing Dangote&comma; but targeting the North because he hails from that region of Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They explained that Dangote’s efforts are significantly impacting national development—not only in the oil sector but also through fertilizer production&comma; which boosts agriculture&period; This&comma; they said&comma; is helping to develop the economy of the North and the entire country&comma; while alleviating poverty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NYMG also stressed that PENGASSAN is sabotaging Dangote because he is from Northern Nigeria&period; The group called on PENGASSAN members from the 19 Northern states to withdraw from the union&comma; which they accused of operating with tribal and religious bias&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Finally&comma; the group called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration&comma; as well as both chambers of the National Assembly—the Senate and the House of Representatives to take immediate action against the union&comma; including scrapping it&comma; as a former Head of State did during his regime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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