By Matthew Atungwu The Catholic Bishop of Pankshin in Plateau State, Most Rev. Michael Gokum, has urged the Federal Government to ur...
By Matthew Atungwu
The Catholic Bishop of Pankshin in Plateau State, Most Rev.
Michael Gokum, has urged the Federal Government to urgently provide support to
victims of crisis in the state.
Gokum made the appeal on Sunday at the launch of the 2024
Lenten Campaign held at Christ the King Catholic Church, Dyis, in Pankshin
Local Government Area of the state.
DAILY POST reports that gunmen recently attacked communities
in Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin Ladi LGA, leaving many persons dead and scores
displaced.
The cleric, who lamented the upsurge of humanitarian crisis
following the attacks in many other communities in the state, called on
government to provide succour to them.
”As we are all aware, communities in Plateau have come under
series of attacks in recent past and these attacks brought about increasing
humanitarian crisis in the state.
”Many communities are displaced, meaning that all the
residents of these communities are taking refuge elsewhere.
”I’m using this medium to call on the federal government to
urgently come to the aid of these people; they are not finding it easy.
”From my interactions with many of them, I realise that they
are eager to return to their homes, so government should expedite action to
enable them return to their original abodes,” he said.
He also called on the government to adopt more stringent
modalities toward the safety of lives and property in the state and across the
nation.
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