15th August, 2012
The Taroh nation in Nigeria’s volatile Plateau state has suggested that on-going meetings by the Presidency toward peace should not be limited to Berom and Hausa/Fulani communities.
“We find the efforts by President Goodluck Jonathan toward peace very commendable but we believe that the people of Taroh must be involved,” the community said in a statement.
The statement, issued by Chief Nanyah Daman, National President of Taroh Journalists Forum in Jos on Tuesday, advised the president to consult more widely on the issue considering that everyone was a stakeholder in the peace process.
“For the president to have a better grasp of the crisis, he will also need to talk with other tribes, which include the Ngas, Mwagavul as well as other genuine tribal and ethnic groups,” he said.
Damansaid that it was wrong to assume that the crisis was a Hausa/Fulani Berom affair.
The statement criticised the call by Alhaji Ahmed Joda, asking the president not to run for another term of office.
“This is a democracy and the president has the right to run if he so desires,” it said.
The statement called on the Federal Government and the UN to come to the aid of Masseh, Sho and Kakuruk people of Barkin Ladi and Riyom local government areas, who suffered massive destruction from flooding recently.