Revisit 2014 Confab resolutions now, traditional rulers tell Buhari

By Emmanuel Elebeke

ABUJA—The Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to revisit resolutions of the 2014 National Conference to adequately address the incessant and diverse regional violence and agitations in the country.

The Council gave the advice in a communiqué issued at the end of its 9th National Development Summit, in Abuja, weekend.

It frowned on the violent issues that had been the foremost undoing of the nation’s advancement and urged the President to revisit the Confab report, with a view to finding lasting solutions to them.

The Council also challenged the President to demonstrate the same political will he exhibited against Boko Haram in tackling both the undercarriages and wheels propelling incessant bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers, and innocent communities in various parts of the country.

The Council, which commended the President for demonstrating the power to crush Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of the country and minimize corruption in the polity, objected to the idea of allocating lands to herdsmen for grazing reserves, but urged Federal Government to establish ranches only where necessary across the country.

The communique read: “The Federal Government should revisit the resolutions of the 2014 National Conference in order to adequately address issues of endless diverse regional violent agitations in the country, a situation that has been the foremost undoing of our national advancement.

“We want the President to demonstrate the same political will he demonstrated against Boko Haram, so that it will reflect in halting both the undercarriages and wheels propelling incessant bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in various parts of the country, as insecurity is a critical factor militating against agricultural development.

‘’Government should intensify efforts to revitalize agriculture through elaborate funding and provision of vital implements.

‘’Traditional rulers should be visibly involved in encouraging their subjects to pay taxes and avoid deliberate destruction of government property in their domain.”

Source:- Vanguardngr