H.E Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam has asked for participants at a two-day meeting on interstate boundary issues to be guided by the principles of fair play, objectivity, and impartiality in resolving boundary conflicts among and between communities.
The
governor spoke today when the Director-General of the National Boundary
Commission (NBC) Dr. Muhammad B. Ahmad paid courtesies on him at the Government
House in Damaturu at the start of a two-day meeting of stakeholders on
resolving boundary conflicts between communities in Yobe, Bauchi and Gombe
States.
"Officials and participants should ensure that whatever
recommendations and resolutions are issued at the end of the meeting have been
arrived at objectively having taken due cognizance of the facts on the
ground", the governor said.
H.E Gov. Gaidam also recommended that a problem-solving strategy
which "seeks to take into consideration all interests involved in a
dispute in order to arrive at an acceptable settlement package" be adopted
by the National Boundary Commision.
The governor said the state boundary committee has consistently
applied the problem-solving method in addressing boundary issues among and
between communities. He said the process also entailed engagement and
consultation, mutual accommodation, contact and socio-cultural interaction
which are achieved through enlightenment campaigns.
"This has assisted greatly", he said, "in
promoting peace, harmonious co-existence and a feeling among border communities
that they are all one and that the boundaries are meant for administrative
purposes only".
The DG National Boundary Commission Dr. M.B Ahmad, on his part,
commended H.E Gov. Gaidam for "exemplary leadership and commitment to the
security of life and property in the state".
The "unrelenting effort of the Yobe State Government",
the DG added in maintaining a cordial relationship with neighbors are
"commendable and encouraging".
The DG explained that the over the course of two days, meetings
on Bauchi/Yobe and Yobe/Gombe border issues will separately "review the
status of the boundary and work out programme of activities to make further
progress in the definition process" as well as "discuss further on
the efforts to address the problems of claims and counter-claims by some border
communities to sectors of the boundary".
Officials of the three participating states and those of the
National Boundary Commission, as well as traditional and community leaders,
have already started the meeting...
The Yobe State Boundary Committee is led by H.E Dep. Gov. Engr.
Abubakar D. Ali.
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