The Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Caleb Mutfwang, has called for collective action to end the gruesome killings in the state, saying that “government alone cannot fix this”.
Mutfwang made the call during the stakeholders’ meeting on security in Plateau organised by the state government in Jos on Monday.
His words: “For over two decades, we’ve endured cycles of violence that are not mere clashes, but coordinated attempts at the annihilation of our people. Let us call it what it is genocide, fueled by a land-grabbing agenda, masked as farmer-herder disputes.
“These atrocities didn’t begin with me, nor with the past Governors. But together, we must be the generation that ends it. I have heard the cries of our people. I have visited the graves, the camps, the broken homes. Mr. President himself called me personally to express his concern.
“Since then, we’ve been working tirelessly day and night to find solutions. But government alone cannot fix this. We need you. We need all hands on deck.”
Governor Mutfwang explained that he did not come into office just to govern, but with a mission to break the chains of poverty and help Plateau residents rise into prosperity.
“But how can we build schools when children are running from bullets? How can we develop agriculture when farmers are displaced from their land?,” he asked.
The Governor further stated: “I do not stand before you today as a ruler, but as a servant. A servant of the Plateau agenda. A servant of our shared future. Together, we must restore peace. Together, we will.”
