Presidential aide engages Benue leaders, communities over security, border issues

The Senior Special Assistant to the President connected Community Engagement (North Central), Dr Abiodun Essiet, has commenced a three-day assemblage dialog and stakeholder engagement successful Benue State arsenic portion of the Presidency’s efforts to tackle ongoing information concerns and beforehand grassroots peace-building.

The sojourn includes consultations with authorities officials and interactions with communities affected by insecurity.

It aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s program to promote section information successful resolving conflicts and amended practice connected information and borderline management.

During the visit, Essiet met with the Deputy Governor of Benue State, Sam Ode, to sermon the information concern and ways the Federal Government and the authorities tin collaborate much efficaciously connected bound and assemblage matters.

Ode briefed the statesmanlike adjutant connected steps the authorities authorities is taking to code information challenges, peculiarly successful borderline communities.

He besides listed ongoing practice betwixt Benue and neighbouring states specified arsenic Taraba and Nasarawa to tackle cross-border insecurity, onshore disputes and communal tensions on shared boundaries.

He assured Essiet that the authorities authorities remains committed to moving with national authorities to resoluteness bound issues and fortify bid and information successful affected areas.

Essiet aboriginal p...