Kogi establishes committee on boundary conflicts | Tellwell Newspaper
• Governor Bello tasks committee on lasting resolution of lingering intrastate and interstate boundary tussles
Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, has inaugurated a 15-man Kogi State Boundary Committee to resolve the lingering boundary conflicts with neighbouring states.
Chaired by the state’s Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, the committee is to work towards the lasting resolution of all lingering boundary conflicts.
Inaugurating the committee,
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello
the Governor noted that setting up was a responsibility of his administration, in a bid to maintain peace and security within the state as well as with its neighbours.
He recalled that before his administration, there were boundary conflicts with some neighbouring states, within the states and even amongst communities and clans, saying, however, that in spite of such conflicts the administration had been able to maintain peaceful co-existence.
The Governor asserted with Kogi sharing boundaries with over nine states, his government had come up with its own initiative to maintain peace.
He said that following the interstate meeting between Kogi State and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration in July, his government deemed it necessary to set up the Kogi State Boundary Committee drawing its legal backing from Section 24 (1) of the National Boundary Commission Act of 2006 which empowered state governments to do so.
The Governor revealed that a Director-General would be appointed for the committee who would be a civil servant in a bid to ensure the smooth daily running of the committee.
In his response, the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Kogi State Boundary Committee thanked the Governor for his sterling leadership which has allowed the state to weather the trying times emanating from boundary conflicts.
Onoja assured that the members of the committee would utilize their wealth of experience to navigate all existing conflicts among the neighbouring states.
He said the first task of the committee would be the delineation of the boundary between the state and the FCT, which would commence on Monday and would last for 21 days.
