TEXT OF WORLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE PRESENT STATE OF INSECURITY IN PLATEAU STATE PRESENTED BY PLATEAU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON 27th AUGUST, 2021 AT NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ) SECRETARIAT JOS
Protocol
On behalf of the Plateau State House of Assembly, I wish to sympathize with the Government and People of Plateau State on the barbaric and dastardly killings that have been taking place in different communities of Bassa, Barkin Ladi, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Mangu, Riyom, University of Jos Community and recently that of Yelwa Zangam. The House condemns all these killings in totality, all these killings are unacceptable and condemnable. We commiserate with the families of all those who lost their love ones during these attacks.
We commend the youths on the Plateau for sustained coordinated and organized campaigns against the killings and as well the courage to make it go viral by sending strong messages to the world using the dead bodies of the mayhem on the social media and the streets of Jos; the display of the corpses in the House is a sign that they recognized the authority of the House of Assembly as an institution that can speak for the people. We greatly appreciate that action.
As an assembly with people at heart, we call on Plateau State citizens to have confidence in us with renewed commitment as we have given two (2) weeks to the Governor to take action on the Resolutions the House has forwarded on security matters and how to restore peace.
We strongly call on Plateau People to practically stand up and defend themselves and their communities, as the conventional security design is no longer guaranteeing our safety as a people.
We call on the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong, to come up with a statement defending us as a People and to bring back renewed commitment to the cause of Plateau.
We are still expecting with high hopes, the President to also come up with a statement about the killings in Yelwa Zangam just as he did in the killings of travelers along Rukuba Road and to also indicate a sign of justice or we will see him as being reflexive about the conflict in Plateau.
As an Assembly committed to the yearnings and aspirations of our people, we deeply appreciate the calls made by Plateau people, both at home and in the Diaspora, for encouragement and tasking us to do the needful in order to save Plateau and its heritage.
We also wish to put on record that we stand with Plateau people in this trying moment and assure them of our genuine commitment to the course of Plateau State.
We also call on the Traditional Rulers to look inward and release the Local Security design to protect Plateau people as well as reinforce the Vigilante, Hunters and local wise men to defend our people. As a sign of commitment to this Urgent need for the People to protect themselves, the Plateau State House of Assembly has directed all Local Government Chairmen to suspend their planned recruitment of Adhoc Staff and instead recruit 200 Vigilante Personnel in each Local Government Area to boost and argument Local Intelligence Gathering
The Security Operatives are called upon to fish out the perpetrators of the mayhem and be punished according to the Law.
Long Live Plateau State
Long Live Nigeria
Hon. Dasun Philip Peter
House Committee on Information
Great response and a renewed courage on display
ReplyDeletewell thank you for the update I really appreciate the plateau state house of assembly for the ongoing action, but the truth of the matter is that the governor we have plateau is a week governor if not he should proof himself to every citizens in plateau state to know he's innocent and he's hand's are clean if not. why? IRIGWE land have been facing this killing for long time period just of a resent those who a so call Fulani burn down about six or more villages he says nothing about it and the killing of the Fulani that are traveling to ondo state leving the highway which leads them to ondo state desit to passe true rukuba road to miyango to ondo state becomsban serious issue to the whole country no one here word again, and known the killing continue in some parts of the atsta steel doing nothing as a governor and the killing of our students he steal saying nothing insted he says is the students foult. what Cain of government do we have? proov us wrong that you did not sell us out because this is getting out of hand and a big slap your face and plateau atate as well. but never mind the God we serve will take care of everyone who's hand is in this ongoing killings,
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God bless plateau state
God bless nigNige
God bless the citizens of plateau state
God bless me as we'll
God bless everyone who contrub in building peace