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Plateau peace committee submits report to military taskforce

The committee said they plan to work with a think-tank and come up with actionable and lasting peace points.

• October 23, 2021

The peace committee set up by the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has submitted its reports to the taskforce commander, Ibrahim Ali. 

Mr Ali had on September 11, inaugurated the 36-man committee to proffer lasting solutions to the lingering insecurity in Plateau.

The committee was also mandated to identify the root causes of the crisis that had engulfed the state over the years.

Presenting the report on Saturday in Jos, chairman of the peace committee, Robert Ashi, said the recommendations in the 94-page document “are well guided,” urging the commander to be religious in its implementation. 

”These recommendations are like the dreams of the good people of Plateau, so, sir, we will be very happy if this dream comes to fruition,” he said. 

(NAN)

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