VIDEO: Return home, pursue peace, Tinubu urges Plateau leaders

President Bola Tinubu has directed leaders in violence-hit communities to return home and begin fresh peace efforts immediately, saying the Federal Government is ready to support all genuine steps toward ending bloodshed and restoring stability.

The President gave the directive while receiving Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, political leaders, traditional rulers and stakeholders on Wednesday, urging them to put aside divisions and work together for lasting peace.

Tinubu said community leaders should revisit previous peace recommendations and implement them, while unresolved matters could be brought back to the Federal Government.

He said former governors and other stakeholders should be included in the reconciliation process.

He said, “Leaders will go back home and summon the leadership mission. Pretend that I’m there. Or pretend that I’m absent. Because you are still going to give me feedback.

“You are going to work as a one group committee. Thank God all the previous governors, former governors, are alive and you are here. Thank you for the respect. And call one another. Ignore the governor’s committee if you have to or you incorporate them.

“Take that white paper that you have. Go through it among yourselves. And agree to implement those white papers, Any nutty issue, bring it back. Now, through the legislators over here, we are going to work together to establish state police. On a national scale.

The President also reiterated support for the establishment of state police across the country, arguing that decentralised policing would help address insecurity and improve law enforcement.

“And I believe once we have a state police, enforcement of laws and orders will take care of some of these problems. For us to stop creating widows, widowers, orphans, there must be peace.

“His Royal Majesty mentioning some roads and all that, you know, and the question of the airport and the developments that are necessary to be embarked upon by the federal government. We’ll do that. That’s no problem. You know?

Tinubu stressed that peace is necessary for development, warning that progress cannot thrive in an atmosphere of killings and fear.

“It is very tough to develop if you don’t have a peace. And then we, as the president, order you to go back home of Abuja. You have been appointed as the committee for peace. Go and search for it.

He urged leaders to identify individuals fuelling unrest and report them to authorities.

“Look for it. Resolve any additional steps that you want the government to take. And if you identify and you know the name of troublemakers, agent provocateurs who want to continue killing or instigate killing, let us know.

“We use the instrument of office to deal with them. The path is to work with you, find a lasting peace to the problem so that you can develop and bring prosperity to the people together. It is crucial.

He further charged the state governor to lead renewed reconciliation efforts, advising that existing peace committees should be reviewed or restructured where necessary.

“And it’s in your hand now, Mr. Governor. Lead your people back home. Lead your people through. Forget those committees you mentioned to me. If it’s not working, it’s not working.

Tinubu also urged the inclusion of non-indigenes and youths in governance and peacebuilding processes, while calling for public enlightenment campaigns to tackle discrimination, conflict and killings.

“Consider this group as the committee until you find a lasting solution. If the ones that you have chosen before now, you have to mix it and amend membership. You have to recruit more from non-indigenous into your government.

“If we have to find money to develop jingles and campaign tones that will eliminate discrimination and conflict and killings, we can develop it together and get on the radio. Listen to the youth. Listen to what they’ve said. Use them.

“We work with you. To the leadership, thank you very much. Thank you. May God give us peace, set us on the right path to prosperity. Thank you.”

Watch the video below:

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