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...For a better society... Monday, June 14 2004 Vol 17 No.090 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Arts/Entertaiments Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market Energy Emergency in Plateau : Mantu shelters 2,000 displaced residents NDIDI OKAFOR, Abuja DEPUTY Senate president, Ibrahim Mantu has lamented the disadvantage and negative effects of violence, disclosing that so far, over 2000 displaced persons are temporarily residing in his Plateau home. He disclosed this in Abuja while receiving members of the state chapter of National Medical Laboratory Students Association. Mantu lamented that the crisis in his home state, Plateau, has placed a great financial burden on him as he had been feeding the over 2000 displaced persons resident in his house. Condemning violence and advicing the Nigerian youths to resist anyone who wants to use them to forment trouble, Mantu said "over 2000 displaced persons are now in my home. They did not take permission from me before staying there." He said the hall in his compound meant for his political meetings "had been taken over by them and I have no choice, but to feed all of them." Noting that "wealth is of no use to anybody if you cannot share with others", the Deputy Senate President cautioned that Nigerians should abhor violence and bloodletting. He added that "we must all be our brothers’ keeper," adding that religion should not be a divisive instrument, but a unifying force as "we are all human beings who serve the same one God or Allah." It would be recalled that following the recurrent crises in the state, particularly in Yelwa-Shendam area, in which hundreds of people were killed, President Olusegun Obasanjo on May 18, imposed emergency rule on the state. By the action, Gov. Joshua Dariye, his deputy, Chief Michael Botmang and the State House of Assembly were suspended. The suspension, according to the President, is for an initial period of six months. The President, while announcing the imposition of emergency rule, appointed a Sole Administrator, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Chris Alli (rtd) to administer the state during the six months. Alli’s rule was strengthened with the passage into law of eight Emergency Power Acts by the National Assembly after their submission to the federal legislature by President Obasanjo. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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