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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State, Mr Daniel Asama Ago, has said he will work towards restoring peace in the state.
Asama, who won the recent re-run election in the federal constituency, said he would collaborate with the Plateau State government to ensure the restoration of peace in the state. Besides the lawmaker said he would also focus on uniting and empowering the people.
Asama, while speaking with journalists, in Abuja, added that he would harness the potential in his constituency for the development of the people and the country at large.
According to him, “I have three important needs for now. The number one is restoring peace on the Plateau. It is a paramount priority. We were called and we are still called the home of peace and tourism. For some reason, the peace is being distorted.
“We the indigenes of Plateau don’t feel the same. We feel relatively safe. But with the all the incessant issues happening from herdsmen, kidnapping and skirmishes, which to say the truth is across the nation and not just on the Plateau, the aim now is how to restore peace.
“I would work with the governor and every other government apparatus to ensure my people the peace that has eluded them. We are relatively in a safe place but there still some pockets of violence in a few local government. Precisely right now we are struggling with hiccups in Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin Ladi area.
“The second thing unity. The polity nationwide is heated and Plateau is not excluded. Our people have diverse interests. Politics comes with that. People are thinking of what they want to do and how they want to do it. They have their parties and affiliations. Nigeria in general is sharply divided around ethnic, religious and tribal lines. In fact lately it is even involving some social colouration.
“But I would want to focus on bringing Plateau together. I would work assiduously to unite the state for development. We need to unite Plateau, we need to cushion and neutralise the toxicity of colouring politics along the lines of religion of social class or tribes.”
