The Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, has inaugurated a 17-member Peace Committee following Tuesday’ s attack on EndSARs protesters in the state.
A statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, said the committee is saddled with the responsibility of making sure that sanity is restored in Kano.
He noted that EndSARS protests were hijacked by hoodlums with the aim to cause mayhem in the state.
Governor Ganduje charged the committee to convene an Ethnic Community Meeting with a view to assuming collective responsibility for measures that promote peaceful co-existence.
He also tasked the committee to work on appropriate peace-building mechanisms for the sustanability of various peace efforts by the government and security agencies.
Ganduje, who described the incident as most unfortunate, urged the committee members to educate youth in their midst on the need to remain peaceful and law-abiding.
The Governor said that his administration has instituted various measures to safeguard the lives and property of people in the state.
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The committee, which will be co-chaired by Igwe Boniface Ibekwe and Reverend Adeyemi Samuel, has representation from the Christian Association of Nigeria, representatives of various christian denominations, christian youth groups, representatives of ethnic nationalities and that of traders.
A similar meeting was also held with Imams, the Ulamas, and members of the business community.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
