Caleb Mutfwang, governor of Plateau state, has blamed Nigeria’s persistent security challenges on the country’s elite.
Speaking on Wednesday during a stakeholder meeting themed
‘Dialogue on Community Policing as a Panacea for Insecurity in Nigeria: The
Case of Plateau State’, Mutfwang accused the elite of fuelling communal hatred.
He said they could end the security crisis through decisive
and intentional leadership if they decide.
“My theory, is that more than anybody else, the challenges
of insecurity in Nigeria, is an elite created problem. When the elite conspire
to lead the people in the wrong direction, we will continue to have this
perennial crisis,” Mutfwang said.
“Many atimes, you’ll find that even when the poisoning of
the mind begins in the community, when the elite takes leadership, and say it
must stop, they’ll address it adequately and it will stop.
“But when the elite fan the embers of hate, they are the
people that do their analysis, that begin to spew knowledge information and
poison the mind of ordinary people, then it will be sustained.”
Muftwang called on the elite to take greater responsibility
in promoting narratives that foster peaceful coexistence and national unity,
especially in the face of the country’s prevailing security challenges.
He affirmed his resolve to dismantle “artificial barriers of
faith and ethnicity” which, he says, continue to hinder unity and development
in Plateau.
According to him, none of his predecessors since Nigeria’s
return to democracy in 1999 has done more to promote peace and unity in the
state than he has done.
“As I stand before you today, I want to reiterate that I
came into government with a firm resolve to restore lasting peace to Plateau.
That is why I have deliberately sought to bridge the divides we’ve built across
religion and ethnicity,” Mutfwang said.
“Yet, as recent as yesterday, I received reports of being
labeled in certain influential circles. Still, I beat my chest and say, without
fear of contradiction, that I have done more than any governor since 1999 in
building peace and unity on the Plateau.”
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