President Bola Tinubu has dispatched an emissary, Dr Abiodun Essiet, to Plateau State, to restore peace and foster intercommunal harmony in the state.
Essiet, a senior special assistant on community engagement in the North Central Zone, was deployed to Plateau State last Thursday and spent two days in the state.
She met Christian clerics and Fulani Miyetti Allah community leaders, with the efforts culminating in a town hall meeting in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.
Delegates from various local government areas, traditional rulers, women, and youth leaders gathered to discuss ways to strengthen community-based peace structures and promote coexistence among diverse communities.
A statement issued on Sunday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga disclosed that Essiet paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Regional Church Council (RCC), Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, in Barkin Ladi, where discussions centred on faith-based leadership and its role in promoting peace, unity, and social development.
Along with Dachomo, she addressed some widows and conveyed Tinubu’s message of fostering ethnic reconciliation in the state.
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She also met with Fulani leaders in Barkin Ladi to foster dialogue and mutual understanding between pastoral and farming communities, reaffirming the Federal Government’s commitment to inclusive engagement.
Later in the day, she conducted a workshop on establishing a community peace structure for the 17 Local Government Areas in Jos.
Essiet also held a closed-door meeting with the Irigwe community, the Miyetti Allah group, and representatives from the Youth Council of Bassa LGA.
They focused on sustaining peace and discussed how the 17-member peace committee strengthens dialogue, reconciliation, and coexistence between the two communities.
Essiet reiterated Tinubu’s unwavering commitment to peace and inclusive governance, noting that the Community-Based Peace Structure serves as a key instrument for grassroots unity, dialogue, and long-term stability in the North-Central region.
A quick win in the peace efforts was the resolution of the conflict between David Toma, the owner of Agha Farm in Gyel district of Jos South and some herdsmen. Toma seized two cows following the destruction of his farm.
On November 15, the MACBAN Chairman of BASSA LGA, Isah Yau, paid a compensation of N500,000 to Toma, who subsequently released the cows.
All parties signed an undertaking to embrace peace in the state.
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