Kaduna State Governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, says one of the legacies he wants to leave at the end of his tenure
in 2023 is to have ended the Southern Kaduna crisis.
The southern part of the state
has experienced the worst form of carnage in recent times with hundreds of
residents murdered by bandits and other enemies of peace.
El-Rufai, who spoke Monday
morning on ‘KadInvest 5.0’ aired on Channels Television, said his government
has been taking some steps to end the decade-long crisis.
The governor said his
administration was prepared to tackle the crisis which has been on for 40
years.
He said, “This is what we
inherited; we inherited a legacy of ethnoreligious intolerance that had no
consequences, no one was ever really punished for this, this is one problem.
“The other problem was lack of
security footprint in Southern Kaduna. The third problem was that even the
security agencies that were there but inadequate tended to take sides.
“We’ve taken certain steps to
stop that and I want to assure you that I intend to solve this problem. We have
reached a tipping point where everyone is tired. We have looked at what has
encouraged the problem in the past, we are dealing with it, we are arresting
people, we are prosecuting them.”
The governor, however, lamented
that the justice system was slow and as such frustrating the process.
He added, “The justice system has frustrated us; there are many people who were prosecuted from the 2016/2017 crisis – the first crisis we had – and they are still going through the justice system.
“If we are able to get a few
people convicted to send a message that when you do this, there are
consequences, I think it will help.
“We have improved the security
footprint of Southern Kaduna which has been the recommendation of the
commissions of inquiry for decades. We now have an Army Base there, we have a
permanent Mobile Police Base there.
“I am determined that I will be
the last governor that will have to face this problem. For me, it is a key
legacy I want to leave behind.”
He stressed that non-resident of
Kaduna State might not understand what he has been doing to solve the crisis
but “by the grace of God when we are leaving office in 2023, there will be no
crisis in Southern Kaduna, we would have solved it, this is a commitment.”
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