Vice President , Yemi Osinbajo
has assured victims of the unrest in Plateau State that they will benefit from
the Federal Government’s N10 billion fund due to be released for the
rehabilitation of farmers who have been displaced from their ancestral homes in
the State.
Osinbajo disclosed this while
briefing journalists in Jos after a closed-door meeting with warring
communities in the State.
He said, “I have given
instruction that we don’t want to hear that these killings and maiming of lives
continue, the heads of security who are here have taken that very seriously and
intend to ensure that there is peace and security.
“We are expecting to release
relief materials, already NEMA is here with me and I have instructed them to
ensure that relief materials are provided in various areas where they are
required.
“Talking about the N10 billion
fund which the President has approved mainly for the rehabilitation farmers in
the state, that fund is to enable farmers who have lost their farmlands and
means of livelihood to start new life and go back to their farms.”
Osinbanjo stressed that the
Federal Government had discussed with the affected people and was looking for a
medium and long time solution to the problem.
“In the medium long time, we are
looking at more prominent solution to the problem of insecurity and we have
discussed this with the community leaders and they have made their suggestions
and we will look at how to implement several of these suggestions.
“Some of the suggestions include
permanent positioning of security agencies in areas that are prone to this
violence and we intend to look at that request and to see how we can put in
place permanent security, that is the Police and in some cases the Military in
some of these places where flash points tend to be.
“We will ensure that there is
justice because those who have been killed cannot just be killed and we allow
those who carried out the crime to go by, it is not acceptable,it is our duty
to ensure that these individuals are prosecuted, we will make sure that those
who have been arrested are duly prosecuted and others who are engaged in this
heinous act are arrested,” he said.
Will that bring the lost lives back? 2019 shall tell, we are waiting.
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