“Since El-Rufai has declined the ministerial position, it is only fair that the slot be given to someone from the southern part.”
He said experiences garnered in surmounting challenges in the past three years would be used to entrench a system that would ensure the smooth running of the commission.
Wanton violence has scourged Southern Kaduna for several years, with many accusing Mr El-Rufai of aiding the assailants by often turning a blind eye.
When patterns repeat themselves, they become a tradition and we get desensitised.
Until his resignation, Apostle Emmanuel Nuhu Kure was the Co-chair and member of the Kaduna Peace Commission.
“You now cannot cite them as a problem of the Buhari administration. That would be disingenuous.”
Mr Yakusak said that cultivating economic trees like cashew and palm trees has a huge export potential and urged farmers to key in and reap the benefits.
The youths of Atyap communities in the Zangon Kataf council area of Kaduna trekked 12km from Samaru to Zonkwa to protest the incessant killings in their communities.
“The PDP is worried that the attackers may be playing out a script designed to scare, displace, and ultimately suppress the votes of the people of Southern Kaduna.”
“I have never and will never sit with Uba Sani and Nasir El-Rufai for any kind of political deal,” Mr Asake vowed.
