The President of the society, Yomi Bolarinwa, made the group’s position known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
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This followed a communication by Governor Simon Lalong, requesting the House to extend the committees’ tenure, and read at plenary by the Speaker, Peter Azi.
Governor Simon Lalong made the disclosure on Wednesday in Jos at monthly prayer organised by the State Government.
Adams in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, said the summit has become urgent in view of the insecurity in the country, especially the killings by herdsmen.
This followed a motion under Matters of Urgent Public Importance by Hon. Istifanus Gyang.
Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
A top security officer told PRNigeria in confidence that with the alarming development that could culminate in maiming, killing and destruction of properties, the agencies plan to launch all-inclusive investigations to unravel the remote causes of the seeming unabated ethno-religious conflict and the misleading reportage and connection between both.
The Plateau State Chairman of the forum, Captain M. Din (retd), who made this call in reaction to the recent invasion on some communities in the state, leaving scores death, maintained that the reconstruction funds would help the people and communities ravaged
The international media outfit specifically made reference to repellent images circulating in the social media, which the originators purportedly claimed were from recent violence in Jos, Plateau State
He said this while confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Jos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that scores were on June 24, killed by gunmen in Barkin-Ladi, Riyom, Jos South Local Government Areas of plateau.
A statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja and signed by NANS Senate President, Taiwo Bamigbade, urged the government to urgently arrest the situation.
It, therefore, called for deliberate action to end the conflicts.
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the advice in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, who is also Chairman of the Forum, made this known while briefing newsmen after their meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday in Abuja.
While the Nigeria Labour Congress is proposing a minimum wage of N65,000 for workers, the governors have been insisting on the staggering of the implementation of the new wage, if approved.
Saraki, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said this during a condolence visit to Plateau State over weekend’s killings.
The three men were said to have been captured at Gashish District in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, held behind closed doors at the official residence of the President, Dogara expressed satisfaction with the measures so far put in place by Buhari to manage the situation and ensure sustainable peace in the state.
In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Egbeola Wale Martins, the party strongly condemned the latest killings in 11 villages in Plateau State, where over 80 innocent people were confirmed killed by rampaging herdsmen, who he said had become a more worrisome security threat than the once dreaded Boko Haram sect.