The Kwara State South Advancement Agenda (KSAA) has lamented
the influx of internally displaced persons in the state.The Chairman of the
body, Mr. Opeyemi
Olabanji spoke yesterday at a press briefing in Ilorin, the
state capital.He said about three per cent of the entire Nigerian land mass is
currently utilised as either national parks or game reserves.
He canvassed that some of them should be converted for use of
the displaced persons.Olabanji stressed that the country cannot to have such
luxury in the face of the current threats to peace in the country.He added the
reason for the group’s proposal arose from the influx of displaced persons to
their communities each time there is a crisis in the adjoining states.
He said: “The present peace we are enjoying in the Kwara
south communities is not by accident, but due to the ingenuity of our
traditional rulers. Citing a Yoruba adage, ‘Igi Ganganran ma gun mi loju, okere
lati nye e’ (a stitch in time saves nine), he said we need to take proactive
measures that would prevent crisis in our land.“The situation is that if people
who had fought in a place suddenly meet themselves in another place, the
tendency to renew their hostilities is very high,” he said.
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