From Yakubu Busari,Jos
The Chairman of Langtang North Local Government Council of Plateau State ,Barr.Zulfa Rimven has charged the Tarok Speaking Natives of North-Central Nigeria to stay clear of politicizing the principle of land sharing formula of the custom and tradition of the ,”Ngwan Ishi Otarok “, arguing that ” we are one people despite of our diversity in clans that spread across the Plateau senatorial districts.”
Zulfa disclosed this on Monday during a stakeholders meeting between the Chairmen’s of 17 LGAs and the Commissioner of Police ,CP Bartholomew Oyeka at the Officer’s Mess in Jos.
He warned against supporting some miscreants engaged in crime in the state ,saying that those who are perpetuating the act of insecurity in villages are not ghost but those “leaving amongst us and plus and minus they leave with us as our brothers”.
Rimven explained further that since the ‘criminal elements live with us the traditional rulers must join hands with the authorities to fish them out from the immediate communities down to their family homes and hand them over to security agencies because every mischief makers come from tribes or particular religious and with this strategy the meeting will yield positive result.”
He stressed that as chief security officers of their respective Local Governments, the chairmen must work hard to curtail the excess and the rising insecurity in their communities.
According to him a stakeholders’ meeting held in Wase LGA between the three LGAs traditional rulers was to ensure that farmers go back to farm without any problem of herders/farmers clashes in Langtang North and South respectively, yielded the desired result .
Zulfa emphasized that the three LGAs Chairmen converged in Wase LGA to curtail the lingering crises spreading from Wase into the two neighboring LGAs of Langtang North, South and at the end of the stakeholders meeting the people are gradually witnessing relative peace as the rains set in now.
He submitted that the traditional rulers from the affected communities are not strangers to the culture and tradition of the Tarok clan sharing formula and that was how the crises between the Kumbur and Ndinjur was brought under control after the mechanism of engagement.
He said, “We introduced dialogue with those that are directly affected by bringing them to round table through their leaders and the meeting moved to Tim Tali Motel in Langtang North LGA where we invited herders and farmers to discuss meaningful issues of fostering unity and love amongst them.”
Rimven Zulfa added that the sole aim of rotating the meeting was to promote peaceful co-existence and harmony in the understanding that the Tarok have a very rich culture and tradition under which they are answerable to the Ponzhi Nbin of their own clan .
However, he noted that, ” there are principle of sharing of land and everyone knows his own demarcation and our people don’t need to engage in politicizing the exercise, which is a complete departure from the norm and value of our tradition.
