Posted by The Taraba state government has once more been urged by the Tiv ethnic group’s leadership to develop urgent preparations that will enable the quick return of all displaced Tiv people to their ancestral lands.
The group made the request in a statement that was released following the inaugural Taraba Tiv summit, which was held over the weekend in Jalingo.
They also denounced the theft of Tiv treasures from the state and the killings, maimings, and destruction of those items.
The group requested that religious leaders of the Tiv extraction step up their efforts to develop educational initiatives that would foster harmony, progress, and peace among the Tiv people in a letter co-signed by the chairman of the Central Planning Committee, Rev. Fr. Simon Akuraga, and the secretary, Justin Tyopuusu.
They supported the advancement of social justice, alternative dispute resolution, the diversification of the Tiv economy through entrepreneurship and vocational training, as well as the empowerment of women and youths for a more tranquil, prosperous Tiv society, but they disapproved of recent upheavals that broke out among the Tiv community in Takum council.
They brought up the need for people to actively participate in all political processes, highlighting that the Tiv people are open to acceptable political partnerships that will lift or emancipate them.
In the past, the Tiv in Taraba have been involved in conflicts such as intercommunal fighting that not only resulted in significant losses of life and property but also forced many of their members to leave their homes.
Due to the government’s claimed unwillingness to become involved, efforts to bring back those who fled their ancestral homes as a result of the crisis are currently a phantom.