Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba state has urged the people of the state to instill mutual trust and understanding among themselves to create ways for peace and coexistence.
Ishaku stated this on Tuesday in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, while inaugurating a 1-week workshop on Peace building and traditional justices training for judicial officers, Imams and traditional rulers in the state.
The workshop was organised by Presidential Committee On North East Initiative PCNI.
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Governor Ishaku who was represented at occasion by the permanent secretary Beuraue for local and chieftaincy affairs Alhaji Bello Yero said the mutual distrust among the people of the state was behind the constant crisis within the localities of the state.
He call on the Imams in the workshop to use their Mosque to preach Peace, unity and tolerance to their followers in other to create closeness between the two major religions (Christians and Muslims) in the state.
Bello also urge the traditional rulers in the state to advice their subjects to monitor the youths in their domains so as to discourage drug abuse and political thuggery among the youths at the time the country is heading to general election.
He call on the Lower Court Judges at the workshop to step up modalities that would bring traditional justice and accurate peaceful resolution while they deliver judgements in their various areas to avoid disharmony and distrust on the judicial system.
Earlier in his address, the vice chairman PCNI, Mr Tijani Musa Tumsah, said the aims of the training workshop was to bring the stakeholders together to play a role of mediators with the aim of reconciling differences, settling disputes and ensuring the fabric of the society to remain intact.
He employ the participants of the workshop to make judicious use of the opportunity of the training which they will aquire in the seven days of the program.
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