President Bola Tinubu has approved N2bn in relief support for victims of the March 29 attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Mohammed Dorro, announced on Tuesday at State House, Abuja.
Dorro disclosed during a three-hour interactive session between Tinubu and a 32-man delegation of Plateau State stakeholders.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday titled ‘Plateau Leaders Commit To Peace At Interactive Session With President Tinubu; FG Approves N2bn For Victims.’
It read, “At the interactive session, which lasted about three hours, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and “Poverty Alleviation, Dr Mohammed Dorro, announced that President Tinubu had approved N2bn in relief support for victims of the March 29 attack in Angwa Rukuban, Jos.”
This follows a promise the President made during his emergency visit to Jos on April 2, days after gunmen attacked residents of Angwan Rukuba returning from Palm Sunday church services, killing over 27 people.
The massacre is among the deadliest single incidents in Plateau State in recent history.
At the April 2, town hall in Jos, Tinubu had asked Dorro to compile numerical data on victims and their losses as the basis for a compensatory intervention.
The delegation included all living former governors of the state; Senator Simon Lalong, Senator Jonah Jang, Chief Joshua Dariye and Sir Fidelis Tapgun, as well as the Emir of Wase, Mohammed Haruna, the Gbong Gwon Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Dunka Gomwalk, Rear Admiral Samuel Atukum (retd.), former Military Governor, Air Marshal JD Wuyep (retd.), former Chief of Air Staff, former Deputy Governor and Minister Dame Pauline Tallen, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Naanlong Gapyil Daniel, APC National Chairman Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, and former Deputy Speaker and current House of Representatives member, Idris Wase.
Governor Caleb Mutfwang, who led the delegation, pledged the state’s commitment to supporting the peace initiative and noted the historic significance of having all former governors of the state in one room.
“Our coming here today shows that there is a renewed spirit on the Plateau that we want to be together.
“We are determined more than ever to close all our gaps, ensure that we rise above all the divides of religion and ethnicity, and build a state we can all be proud of,” Mutfwang said.
