Governor Adamu urges tolerance amongst communities
Governor Abdullahi Adamu has urged citizens of the state to learn the
virtues of tolerance in order to promote harmonious existence among the
various communities in the state. He stated this while receiving the report
of the judicial commission of inquiry into the communal disturbances that
recently occurred in the Nasarawa South Senatorial District.
Governor Adamu
stated that mutual acceptance of each other was essential for the
development of democracy and any diversion from this ideal was bound to
create anomy in the system. He therefore pledged that Government would not
spare any person or institution that might have been found liable by the
commission. He said all those found wanting will be treated as may be
required by the law, adding that the police and ministry of justice has been
so instructed.
The governor
reiterated government’s commitment to restoring peace and normalcy to the
affected areas. He used the occasion to thank all those who supported the
government during the crisis and provided succour for displaced persons.
While promising that government will expediciously study the report, he
called on all communities in the area to reconcile, forgive each other and
forget the past.
Earlier in a speech at the occasion, the chairman of the commission,
Justice Aminu Nasir Sanusi thanked the government for entrusting them with
such an enormous task. He reported that the committee started public sitting
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Justice Sanusi
said that in the course of their sitting, the received 40 memoranda; 32
exhibits and 39 persons testified before the committee. He said the report
treated each local government in the senatorial district separately because
of the peculiarities of each environment. He therefore urged government to
implement their recommendations for lasting peace in the area.