Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State urged the Arewa Consultative Forum to continue as the intellectual engine room of Northern Nigeria at its 25th anniversary celebration. Represented by his deputy, he emphasized the forum's role in guiding governance, shaping policy, and preserving unity. Sani also detailed his administration's peace-building initiatives in Kaduna.
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) marked its 25th anniversary on November 22, 2025, in Kaduna, where Governor Uba Sani delivered remarks as chief host, represented by Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Balarabe. Founded on March 7, 2000, in Kaduna, the ACF has served as a vital platform for the North's stability and advancement.
Sani advised the forum to persist as the region's intellectual engine room by guiding governance, shaping policy, fostering dialogue, and preserving unity. He called for recommitment to its founding ideals of unity, justice, dialogue, and collective progress, praying for greater achievements and a stronger, more peaceful Northern Nigeria in the next 25 years.
The governor pledged collaboration with the ACF, the Federal Government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sister states, development partners, civil society, and the private sector to build a secure, inclusive, prosperous, and globally competitive North. He expressed gratitude to Tinubu for leading efforts to secure Nigeria, promote national reforms, and drive economic reengineering.
In Kaduna, Sani's administration adopts a leadership rooted in inclusion, transparency, reconciliation, and citizen participation to rebuild trust. Addressing security challenges, it implements the Kaduna Peace Model, combining inclusive governance, community engagement, and infrastructural development. "The Kaduna Peace Model recognises that peace is not enforced, it is engineered," Sani stated, through equitable project distribution, participatory budgeting, human capital development, and redesigning public spaces for coexistence.
Calm has returned to vulnerable communities via intelligence-driven coordination, security support, local empowerment, and technology integration. Farmers have resumed work, aided by mechanization, modern inputs, extension services, and market access, upholding Kaduna's status as a regional food basket.
Achievements include upgrading secondary hospitals, revitalizing primary healthcare, and strengthening maternal and child health programs to ensure accessible care. In education, efforts focus on expanding enrollment, improving facilities, training teachers, equipping schools, and bolstering technical and tertiary institutions as the bedrock of peace and development. Infrastructure development spans all 23 local government areas, balancing rural and urban needs.