GOVERNOR FINTIRI GRANTS AUDIENCE TO BWATIYE LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES SECURITY RELATED ISSUES AMONG OTHERS

 

GOVERNOR FINTIRI GRANTS AUDIENCE TO BWATIYE LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES SECURITY RELATED ISSUES AMONG OTHERS

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has on Tuesday granted audience to the leadership of Pene Da Bwatiye where state security and the need for peaceful coexistence among the respective ethnic groups in the state was emphasized

Fielding questions by the Press shortly after a closed door meeting, President of the Pene Da Bwatiye, Prof. Dan Babayi disclosed that the meeting centered on discussions to further consolidate on the relative peace being experienced currently in the state

He said cases of farmers and herders crisis that had claimed lives in the pass still resurface in some quotas of the state and expressed the hope that measures discussed at the meeting would yeild positive results

He explained that most of such cases happen during the rainy and harvest seasons that's why the Bwatiye leadership find it necessary to begin the anti- farmer and herders crisis advocacy early through the meeting

Prof. Babayi also told the press that the lingering compensation of Bwatiye communities that lost their fortunes in similar crisis was also discussed and that the state government promised to look into it.

Among reasons for the visit by the Bwatiye according to President Babayi was to congratulate the governor on his successful conduct of local government elections in the state and to also commend him for his efforts at delivering people's oriented projects within less than three years in office

Prof Dan Babayi attested that Governor Fintiri is a Bwatiye friendly governor whose love for them can only be reciprocated by love for him too

Anselm Nuhu Kyauta