PLATEAU: We’re doing livestock production through ranching not Ruga — Lalong vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Says Plateau ready for state police with Operation Rainbow
Immediately I got the preliminary report, I set the ball rolling and appointed the Secretary to the Government and the Chief of Staff who are the engine room. We have done a lot in terms of addressing the causes of the problem and sustaining the peace. Sustaining peace goes along with dealing with poverty. I have noticed that when there is abject poverty. Stomach insecurity leads to physical insecurity and we have a lot of youths out there who are not working. So we have a special package, you can see that I am the only State that created the Peace Building Agency. So, we are developing that to sustain the peace and conflict management in the state.
Already, I have an advantage, when people talk about State Police, I say I have Operation Rainbow which functions in a similar fashion. All I need is to enhance the capacity of Operation Rainbow which we are doing right now. I am very happy the Federal Government is already talking about community policing, which has been an idea I support all along.
A budget for Pilot Scheme was announced for those states that wanted to do the entire livestock business according to their own peculiarities as a voluntary initiative. No coercion. So, we also said any local government that wants should provide land. Some local governments agreed and provided land and that was when political manipulation started. Some said we are grabbing land.
You are also the Chairman of Northern Governors Forum and quite a lot is happening in the North, How are you tackling insecurity in the region?
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