End Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes Now, Catholic Diocese Tells Buhari

0
332
By; DEKERA NICHOLAS, Kaduna
The General Assembly of the Catholic Diocese of Jalingo on Friday called on the federal government to do more to bring the protracted herdsmen and farmer’s clashes to an end.
In a communique issued at the end of the 18th General Assembly of the Diocese held at St. Charles Borromeo Pastoral Centre,  Jalingo and signed by the Bishop of the Diocese,  The Most Rev.  Dr.  Charles Hammawa and Chancellor,  Very Rev. Fr. Anthony Nzinang,  the Assembly condemned the level of insecurity in the country. 
“In recent times,  issues of security have become a matter of concern to all Nigerians. We wish to state that Christians like other citizens have the constitutional right to protection of life and property.
“Government of the day must do more to bring the protracted herdsmen and farmer’s clashes as well as other security challenges facing the nation to an end.
“We agree with those proposing anti open grazing and ranches establishment law as best solution to ending herdsmen and farmer’s clashes.
“As a church,  we believe that dialogue remains the ultimate solution to any form of conflict, so we implore authorities to use it for our common good. Let us stop killing and betraying one another.
“On our part,  while we continuously pray for God’s intervention on the issue,  we urge all Nigerians to be security conscious and cooperate with security agencies and our security personnel too must be proactive in responding to distress calls,” the communique read.
The General Assembly appealed to politicians to play to the rules of the game and avoid inciting statements that could heat up the polity and result to violence,  even as they admonished youths not to allow themselves to be used as political thugs by selfish politicians.
On the issue of continuous voter’s registration,  the General Assembly called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to create more registration centres and deploy effective and efficient machines to ease long queues at registration centres.
While calling on the lay faithful to actively participate in politics at all levels,  the General Assembly said,  the church and politics represent a dialectic between the spiritual and temporal order (the society).

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here