By Muhammad B. Muhammad
In a renewed effort to entrench lasting peace and social integration across Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Monday inaugurated the Adamawa State Peace, Conflict Resolution and Social Integration Commission in Yola.
The Commission, established by Adamawa State Law No. 14 of 2020, is tasked with conflict prevention, non-violent resolution, and promoting peaceful coexistence. The law was signed in 2021 and gazetted in 2022.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Governor Fintiri highlighted the genesis of the Commission, linking it to his administration’s earlier intervention in the Numan Federation crisis, which had witnessed deadly farmer-herder clashes between 2017 and 2018.
He recalled that his government had, upon assumption of office in 2019, commissioned a scoping study to understand the state’s security challenges, which led to the formation of a Technical Committee on the Security Situation in the Numan Federation in 2020.
Fintiri noted that the work and recommendations of the committee laid the foundation for the creation of the Peace Commission. “I am happy to tell you today, this template has given considerable result,” the governor said. “This Commission is one of the key recommendations of that report, and we are proud to inaugurate it today.”
He praised the members of the Technical Committee and reaffirmed the state’s abundant human resources, saying: “If there is anything Adamawa has in reckless abundance, it is human resources. We must continue to maximally put these resources to use.”
Gov Fintiri formally announced the names of the 19 appointees to the Commission, including traditional leaders, representatives of faith-based organizations, youth groups, farmers, pastoralists, and government officials.
His Royal HighnessHRH Alhamdu Gladstone Teneke, Hama Bata, was appointed part-time Chairman, while conflict resolution expert Dr. Jamila Suleiman serves as Executive Vice Chairman.
Other notable members include AVM Nuhungu E. Nzokala (Rtd), Comrade Mohammed Bello, Imam Bashir Tahir Yola, Bishop John Shetima Chibok, and representatives from Maiha, Hong, and Toungo LGAs, traditional councils, youth bodies, farmers, and pastoralists.
Governor Fintiri emphasized the importance of peace as a foundation for all development efforts, adding that peace and security remain a top priority under his administration’s recalibrated 8-Point Agenda and the Adamawa 2.0 blueprint.
In his remarks, the newly inaugurated Chairman of the Commission, Hama Batta, Alhamdu Gladstone Teneke, underscored the sacredness of peace, describing it as “pillar to pillar” of any society’s development.
He commended Governor Fintiri’s foresight and pledged the Commission’s full commitment to its mandate.
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