From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago has inaugurated a 21 member Committee on State Boundary to resolve boundary issues across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State with Deputy Governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba as Chairman of the Committee.
The governor inaugurated the Committee during the State Executive Council meeting at the Government House Minna.
He said the Committee is saddled with the responsibility for the future generation to enable residents coexist and live peacefully.
Bago who acknowledged that the State is faced with the issues of insecurity and inter communal clashes said, the role of traditional Institutions in this regard cannot be over emphasized as the State Government looks forward to the Royal fathers to make sure that the exercise becomes successful.
He assured the Committee that the State Government will provide all the necessary support, security and logistics to ensure the final conclusion of the Committee’s work while also revealing that members can reach out to him when the need arises
The governor advised the Committee members to look at Inter Emirate Boundary issues as their preliminary work before dwelling into intra communal boundary disputes and define the boundaries so that Government can gazette them.
Governor Bago however gave the Committee a 6 months timeline to submit its report but however said, the timeline can be extended if the Committee finds the need to do so.
