Mr. Joseph Lengmang has appealed to Plateau citizens to sustain the peace currently enjoy in the state after the declaration of the results for the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Director General of Plateau Peace Building Agency, Joseph Lengmang, state this during the monthly press parley organized by the agency to update the media and citizens on the activities of the agency.
Lenmang represented by the Director of Administration, Mr. Timothy Gayi, disclosed that the monthly meeting was aimed at deepening the peace and promoting unity in Plateau state.
He said the agency has made frantic efforts in collaboration with critical stakeholders in responding swiftly to early warning signs across the 17 Local Government Area of Plateau State.
“We are encouraging Plateau citizens to all put our hands together to work for the progress of the state to ensure that at this turbulent period of elections, we should educate our people to see the need of embracing each and promote peaceful co-existence.
“We should pursue none violence means on addressing all issues that has to do with the election and to sustain the peace that we are currently enjoying in the state.” He stated.
He explained that the agency in collaboration with some communities in the state have come up with an initiative call pocket guide to provide the template in resolving issues of violence among communities in the state.
“The pocket guide, which is a document that both farmers and headers are supposed to use to guide them in their interactions in resolving conflicts between farmers and herders. This guide is just one of the policy documents that provides communities an insight into how they can resolve issues of contention confronting them in none violent approach.”
He explained that the project which is been sponsored by GIZ across the three senatorial districts, which includes Bassa and Riyom in Plateau North; Bokkos and Mangu in Plateau Central and Shendam and Wase Local Government Areas in Plateau South.
He noted that the pilot project is in three local government areas of Riyom, Bokkos and Shendam Local Government Areas.
The Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) is an institutional framework established by law in response to the challenges of peace and security in the state. Their mandate is to promote the culture of peace and harmonious coexistence, among the various ethnoreligious divides on the Plateau.
