By Mohammad Lawal Maikudi
The Plateau State Governir, Caleb Caleb Mutfwang has appreciated the role being played by traditional ruler play in preserving the unity and peace in their various domains, and urged them to put in more efforts.
Governor Muftwang made the remarks when the Plateau State Council Traditional Rulers and Chiefs, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Jos on Monday.
He said his administration was determined to seek lasting solutions to insecurity in the state; and to protect Plateau people irrespective of their differences.
“The preservation of the whole Plateau State, is a task that must be done. For us as a government, we do not have any boundaries across faith or across tribe.
“For us, everybody, that is both indigenous and residing within the boundaries of Plateau, is our subject and our concern,” he said.
According to him traditional leaders play critical role in mobilising their subjects to maintain peace, and therefore, urged them to speak, particularly to youths in their domains, to seek their cooperation in achieving their goal.
He cautioned those he termed as divisive leaders and crisis merchants, against causing tension in the state, and to desist from spreading fake news and sowing seeds of discord, aimed at destabilising peace on the Plateau.
He described the rulers as repositories of knowledge, who were held in high esteem, saying that their influence could facilitate good governance and access to dividends of democracy.
Mutfwang said he was set to begin series of engagements with several groups in the state, with a view to getting suggestions on ways of ending attacks in the state.
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