Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday assured that the President Bola Tinubu’s administration would ensure that no part of the country is left out in the administration’s quest for development in its quest to foster peace, unity and development in the country.
Shettima gave the assurance when he played host to a traditional ruler from Mangu, the Mishkahan Mwaghavul, John Hirse, who led a team on a courtesy call to his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Vice President also assured that under the President Tinubu administration peace would be restored in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau within the shortest possible time.
He said that Tinubu was on top of the situation and thus the inevitable return of peace to all troubled parts of the country.
Shettima said that the crisis in Plateau has nothing to do with religion, saying ” it is just for us to understand ourselves and coexist peacefully with one another.
He said, ” The Plateau is a blessed land with both Muslims and Christians. What binds us together supersedes what divides us.
“We are going to address, by the grace of God, all the internal contradictions, the political connotations and even the ethnic undertones which are part of the conflict and ensure we find a lasting solution.
“Ours is a great nation chained by so-called social contradictions that we have in the system.
“And it is absolutely essential that for peace and development of our nation, we must restore the confidence of the people and the government.”
Earlier, the Mishkahan Mwaghavul, Hirse, said he and members of his delegation were in Aso Villa to show appreciation and thank the vice-president for attending his coronation.
(NAN)