From Christiana Gokyo, Jos
The Operations SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) towards successful farming season has organized a seminar for critical stakeholders towards achieving a successful farming season in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State.
The seminar with the theme “Peaceful Coexistence Towards a Successful Farming Season”was held at the DM Bello Multipurpose Hall, Sanga Local Government Council Headquarters Gwantu and drew participants cutting across all sides of the divide.
Speaking the Commander OPSH and GOC 3 Division Nigerian Army Jos ,Maj. Gen. A E Abubakar stressed the need of the importance of the seminar which would facilitate a hitch free farming season and also highlighted the crucial role played by the agricultural sector in the overall development of any nation.
While urging the stakeholders to create an enabling environment for farming and herding activities to be carried out side by side without fear or conflict.
He however warned misguided persons who may wish to disrupt farming activities this year to have a rethink as OPSH will not hesitate to decisively deal with such criminals in line with extant laws.
The resource persons also endorsed the Bottom – Top Crisis Resolution Mechanism of OPSH which ensures that all peace efforts are transmitted to the lowest echelon and consequently advised the participants to use all avenues to pass the message of peace to their followers and wards.
The highlight of the seminar was the interactive session during which participants cutting across all sides of the divide lauded the initiative by Operation SAFE HAVEN and promised to do their best to ensure peaceful coexistence towards attaining a successful farming season in Sanga Local Government Area.
Also writing materials were presented to some schools as part of Civil-Military Cooperation activities,and one of the pre-primary school was presented with a Merry-Go-Round facility to aid the pupils’ physical fitness training.
The commander also used the opportunity to visit the Forward Operating Base Sanga where he was briefed on the current operational activities of the unit and also commissioned the newly constructed administrative rea for troops at Ancha Area Command.
Also, as part of efforts to the tempo of kinetic operations, the commander commissioned some combat motorcycles to aid the mobility of troops into the difficult terrain of the adjoining areas.
Those in attendance at the seminar were government officials, heads of security agencies, traditional rulers, youth and women leaders as well as civil society organizations.
