Disregard tales of minister’s intervention in Kaduna

The Kaduna State authorities has refuted tales within the media that the minister of Ladies Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, reconciled warring communities in Kagarko Native Authorities.

The state authorities known as the alleged media experiences “inaccurate” and “deceptive” and suggested the general public to ignore them.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the federal authorities introduced a breakthrough in ending a 20-year-old communal disaster involving the Toro, Fulani and Hausa communities within the native authorities.

The top of press and public relations on the Federal Ministry of Info and Nationwide Orientation, Grace Njoku, defined how the ladies affairs minister brokered peace in a assertion launched on 2 November.

“The Honourable Minister of Ladies Affairs, Barrister (Mrs) Uju Kennedy Ohanenye in a Peace Accord assembly held right this moment with representatives of the three communities in her workplace in Abuja, acknowledged that with out peace, there will be neither progress nor significant improvement in any nation.

“She knowledgeable that the assembly witnessed formal endorsement of a pact by the three communities to underscore their resolve to place down their arms and pursue peace by means of the usage of mechanized communal farming, a transfer which she mentioned is pursuant to the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Nationwide Unity, Cohesion and Tolerance, in keeping with the imaginative and prescient of the nation’s founding fathers,” the assertion added.

“Deceptive report”- Kaduna authorities

However in an announcement, Mohammed Lawal, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor of Kaduna State, claimed that the minister was deceived by members of an opposition political social gathering within the space.

Whereas noting that such experiences can create confusion, the state authorities mentioned there aren’t any crises in Kagarko Native Authorities.

“Moreover, the Kaduna State Authorities has acquired credible experiences indicating that the ill-conceived plot was the handiwork of members of a number one opposition social gathering with the goal to fraudulently extort the Federal Authorities. They approached the Minister of Ladies Affairs and created a misunderstanding of disharmony and disaster in Kagarko LGA.

”The Minister, with out verifying their bogus claims and within the absence of officers from Kagarko Native Authorities and the Kaduna State Authorities, made official pronouncements and went to the ridiculous extent of promising parcels of land and even seedlings to the conspirators.

”The Kaduna State Authorities is upset and shocked by the ill-advised actions of the Minister of Ladies Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, who together with her expertise as a public servant and data as an Legal professional at Regulation, ought to have utilized warning and professionalism by contacting the Kaduna State Authorities to get the correct info on the state of affairs in these communities,’ the assertion mentioned.

The governor’s spokesperson added that the state authorities is working ‘assiduously’ with federal safety companies and different federal ministries to advertise peace, stability and socio-economic improvement of the state.

Backstory

Kagarko is within the southern a part of Kaduna State, a district that has witnessed a collection of ethno-religious crises for over twenty years.

The disaster grew to become extra pronounced with the farmers and herders clashes turning into a norm within the central a part of Nigeria.

In recent times, banditry has been added to the checklist of safety conditions within the district that has a Christian majority, however there are sizable Muslim communities and a few traditionalists.

The quick former governor of the state, Nasir El Rufai, had operating battles with leaders of the district for allegedly marginalising the individuals of the district.