By Olayemi Esan
Governor
Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State on Monday relaxed curfew in Jos
North, Jos North and Bassa local government areas until further notice.
The Governor revealed this while addressing the citizens of the State in a broadcast in Jos,
Lalong
explained that the curfew in Jos North is to be relaxed, beginning from
today, Monday August 30 and the curfew shall be enforced from 6pm to
6am until further notice.
Similarly, he added that the curfew in Jos South and Bassa will also be further relaxed and enforced between 10pm to 6am.
Lalong
also announced the ban on tricycles, popularly called Keke NAPEP as
well as hawkers remains in force within Jos/Bukuru metropolis.
"The
Plateau Economic and Investment Summit earlier scheduled for the 1st and
2nd of September 2021 has been postponed. A new date will be announced
and communicated to all our invitees. We apologise for any
inconveniences this postponement might cause," Lalong said.
The
governor said he has engaged the security agencies to review the general
security situation in the affected three local government areas where
the curfew was imposed, as well as other parts of the State.
Lalong
opined that there was an obvious plan by those who desire to see the
State in perpetual crises to employ all divisive methods to achieve
their objectives.
He urged citizen not allow politics, religion and ethnicity to divert attention from their criminal activities.
"My
determination as your Governor is to ensure that I encourage all
citizens to embrace one another and use peaceful means to settle any
disagreement. I shall continue to ensure that we build the capacities of
our security agencies including the Operation Rainbow, the newly
trained three thousand vigilantes, as well as our traditional
institutions to be able to respond promptly and effectively to criminals
so that we can enjoy peace and tranquility", he said.
The governor
called on all Plateau State citizens to work in synergy and promote the
long-standing ideals of accommodation, tolerance, love, hard work,
godliness and forgiveness.