Recurrent killings: UGRFP to convene national summit
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there has perhaps in the history of this nation never been a greater need to reflect on the issues that lead to such killings and proffer ways to avoid it repetition1 the united global resolve for peace ugrfp an ngo says it will convene a national summit over the recurrent killings across the country1 he said that the plethora of death and resultant crisis in the country questioned the nations commitment to the realisation of its millennial aspirations as stated in its 2020 goals1 shalom said that communal crisis must be interpreted beyond fault lines to a much more national scope1 the threat to peace in any one region in nigeria is a threat to peace in all parts of nigeria1 mr olaseni shalom ugrfps executive director in statement on wednesday in abuja said that the recent killings in plateau state called for sober reflections1 we at ugrfp have summarily resolved to stand in the gap and facilitate the platform for constructive discussions and resolutions to finding applicable solutions and palliatives to crisis such as the jos massacre1 it is this abiding imperative that informs our decision to put together an all-encompassing summit shalom said1 he said that the objectives of the summit are among other things to create a forum for national discourse on the recurrent killings in the country to bring disputing groupsparties to the table of discourse and to address without reserve the persistent issues that premeditate fatal internecine clashes1 others are to address the issue of jungle justice and its wider implication on nationhood and to find through exhaustive discourse the way forward on issues of conflicts in nigeria and make valid recommendations to stakeholders on how to best arrest the massacres1 shalom conveyed the groups deepest condolences to the affected families and states in the dastardly killings in benue plateau zamafara among others1