The presidency has revealed
details of deliberations of the Working Group set up by the National Economic
Council, NEC, on the Herdsmen-Farmers violence in some parts of the country.
The meeting was presided over by
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
His spokesman, Laoulu Akande, in
a statement Thursday night, said the group had constituted a Sub-Committee to
visit frontline States in the conflict, hold consultations with stakeholders
and interested parties on how to end the conflicts.
It was resolved that the
Sub-Committee, which has Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State as Chairman,
would visit Benue, Taraba, Zamfara and Adamawa States in order to understand
the different dynamics of the conflict and develop long term workable
solutions.
Other members of the
Sub-Committee are the Governors of Plateau, Benue, Taraba, and Adamawa States,
while the committee would co-opt relevant experts and technical groups in the
discharge of its assignment.
The meeting was attended by the
Governors of Zamfara, Abdul’aziz Yari; Ebonyi, David Umahi; Kaduna, Nasir
El-Rufai; Plateau, Simon Lalong; Adamawa, Bindo Umaru Jubrilla; and the Deputy
Governors of Oyo, and Benue States; Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo & Engr.
Benson Abuonu.
The Minister for Agriculture
& Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, and the Interior Minister, General
Abdulrahman Dambazau, were also in attendance.
At its meeting last month, the
NEC decided to constitute a Working Group that will work in accordance with the
President’s commitment to ensuring that all perpetrators of violence in the
clashes are brought to book and bring an end to the conflicts.
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