Catholic bishop donates relief materials to IDPs in Plateau
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one of the worst events of life is for one to be forced out of the comfort of his home and his source of livelihood destroyed. such act is humiliating frustrating and inhuman1 most rev. michael gokum the catholic bishop of pankshin diocese in plateau on thursday donated relief materials to internally displaced persons idps in daffo district of bokkos local government area1 many villages in the district experienced attacks which led to loss of lives and property1 the bishop had before now visited the victims immediately the incident occurred1 you will recall that immediately the incident happened some months back we came here to sympathise and encourage you to live in peace. today we are here again to do same1 gokum preached peaceful coexistence among inhabitants of the area1 so we have come with some few items to provide succour and alleviate your sufferings1 let me seize this opportunity to encourage all of you to imbibe the culture of tolerance and forgive one another for the growth and development of our state he said1 gokum urged the youth to desist from being used by self-seeking politicians who would use them to perpetrate evil in the society1 the bishop held peace talks with community and religious leaders and advised them to preach peace at all times1 items donated include 40 bags of maize 20 bags of rice 20 bags of salt 20 cartons of seasoning three bags of millet 28 bags of used clothes and three bags of used shoes1