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From Dooshima Terkura, Makurdi
The former Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, (NCPC), Evangelist Tor Uja, has called on the Federal Government to reconstruct the Yelwata community recently attacked by armed herdsmen militia.
Evangelist Uja made this call when he led a delegation of interdenominational Christian leaders under the auspices of Remnant Christian Network to donate relief materials to victims of the attack in Yelwata and Makurdi.
Recall that Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) was attacked on June 14, 2025 with over 200 people killed ND properties worth billions of naira destroyed.
Uja insisted that the Federal Government must reconstruct the Community into a modern town through the construction of at least 1000 housing units, a modern market, hospitals, schools, provision of enhanced security as well as economic empowerment of indigenes.
The Former Pilgrims boss stressed that it was the primary responsibility of government to protect lives and property and that since the Federal Government failed the people in that respect it must take up the task of reconstruction.
Uja urged the Benue State Government, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, Churches and public spirited individuals to play complimentary roles in the rehabilitation of the victims.
He recommended the separation of herdsmen from crop farmers as a permanent solution to incessant attacks on communities.
He further lamented the idea of prolonged keeping of attacked victims in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps describing it as degrading and inhuman saying people should be kept in such camps for a maximum of one month.
He said the victims could be distributed to other safe communities close to them and provided with land and farm inputs to continue with their farming livelihood.
Responding, the community leader in Yelwata, Fidelis Dze expressed appreciation for the visit and donated items.
Items donated at both places include 200 bags of rice, 100 bags of garri, 20 packs of bathroom slippers, 20 cartoons each of sugar and salt, 15 cartoons of detergents, 10 cartoons of bathing soap and assorted clothes.
