Tinubu pledges to rebuild violence-hit Plateau communities

He made the promise on Saturday during the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign rally in Jos, where he also apologised for failing to visit affected communities during his previous trip to the state in April.

Tinubu admitted that his last visit was restricted to the airport but said he had seen the destruction caused by the violence through reports presented by Governor Caleb Mutfwang.

“When I last visited the other time, I was limited to the airport. Forgive me if you didn’t see me in the hinterland, but I saw the devastation. I got the report from the governor. I saw horror in the faces of our people,” he said.

“But since then, that has changed. We are forging together. It is now that we can rebuild and I assure those displaced that we will rebuild your communities.

“We will rebuild your communities, and we will bring you back to your community. I have directed all the security agencies to take decisive action and sustain peace and stability on the Plateau,” he added.

He also appealed to residents to embrace peace and put aside ethnic, cultural and language differences.

“We are one single family created by the same God Almighty. We are just living in different rooms, speaking different languages and behaving any way we want.

“But living in different rooms and speaking different languages does not make us enemies of one another. We have to live together. We have to farm together.

“We have to build this Plateau and this country together. It is our responsibility to tie our horns, behave as brothers and sisters, belonging to the same God Almighty,” Tinubu said.

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