Land Grabbing: Task Force will recover all stollen lands – Gov. Lalong

By Kingsley Chukwuka

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, has said he will set up a Task Force that will recover all lands forcefully taken by anyone, charging youths to take advantage of the Anti-Land grabbing Law in the State, signed earlier in the year to reposes all stollen lands.

“Take advantage of the Anti-Land Grabbing Law signed early this year and seek redress over any land forcefully or illegally taken from you”, he said Thursday, while inaugurating the new leadership of the Plateau Youth Council (PYC), in Jos.

While inaugurating the newly Chairman, Comrade Lot Adas, the Governor decried the exploitation of the youths by some unscrupulous politicians who stop at nothing to spread lies against his administration using such false narratives relating to land and other matters.

According to him: “Contrary to this mischief, our Government is the first in the history of Plateau State and one of the few if not the only one in Nigeria to sign anti-land grabbing law which we initiated as an Executive Bill.

“Till date, no one has either approached the Courts to lodge any complain of land grabbing or even sent a petition to me. Yet you hear this narrative being spread like wildfire.

“Similarly, our efforts to end conflicts between farmers and herders are being ignored and twisted for politics.

“I appeal to you to ignore and reject such character assassination ploys by those who want to use you to achieve their selfish agenda. Beware of politicians who do not have anything to offer you except to cook up lies and pull down others under the guise of standing with the people. Let them tell you what they are bringing or have brought to the table when they were in office”, Lalong said.