The National Economic Council,
NEC, on the Herdsmen /Farmers violence has constituted a Sub-Committee to
visit frontline States involved in the conflict.
They are to hold
consultations with stakeholders and interested parties on how to end the
conflicts.
At the meeting presided
over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, a statement by the
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and publicity, Laolu
Akande, said that it was resolved that the Sub-Committee which has Governor
David Umahi of Ebonyi State as Chairman would visit Benue, Taraba, Zamfara and
Adamawa States in order to understand the different dynamics of the conflict
and develop long term workable solutions.
Other members of the
Sub-Committee are the Governors of Plateau, Benue, Taraba, and Adamawa States,
while the committee would co-opt relevant experts and technical groups in the
discharge of its assignment.
The meeting at the Presidential
Villa was attended by the Governors of Zamfara; Abdul’aziz Yari, Ebonyi; David
Umahi, Kaduna; Nasir El-Rufai; Plateau, Simon Lalong, Adamawa; Bindo Umaru
Jubrilla and the Deputy Governors of Oyo, and Benue States; Chief Moses Alake
Adeyemo & Engr. Benson Abuonu.
The Minister for
Agriculture & Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh and the Interior
Minister, General Abdulrahman Dambazau were also in attendance.
At its meeting last month,
the National Economic Council decided to constitute a Working Group that will
work in accordance with the President’s commitment to ensuring that all perpetrators
of violence in the clashes between the herdsmen and farmers are brought to book
and bring an end to the conflicts.
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