The Taraba State authorities has expressed dismay after the Kuteb ruling home boycotted a gathering organized by the Bureau of Conventional, Chieftaincy and Native Authorities Affairs.
Kuteb kingmakers, as noticed just lately, shunned the assembly which was geared at discussing the rotation of Takum stool among the many three main tribes within the council.
Their absence, reporter observed, has now solid shadow over the set up of a first-class monarch within the the realm.
At a press briefing on Monday in Jalingo, the governor, Dr Agbu Kafes, asserted that the absence of the Kuteb ruling home wouldn’t impede the continuing peace-building efforts initiated by the federal government in response to the calls for of the individuals of Takum.
Talking through his commissioner of
Data, and Reorientation, Zainab Usman Jalingo, he reiterated his administration’s dedication to make sure everlasting peace within the council.
The controversy stems from the refusal of the Kuteb ruling home to take part in conferences convened by the State Bureau for Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs, aimed toward facilitating the set up of three third class chiefs and one first-class monarch in Takum city.
Kefas, it will be recalled, just lately signed into regulation an executive-sponsored invoice endorsing this transfer.
Regardless of invites prolonged by the state ministry, the Kuteb kingakers have been observed to have declined to attend the conferences, citing fears of assaults by members of their group in the event that they have been to take part.
The invoice, championed by the governor and supported by the State Home of Meeting Committee on Native Authorities, Custom, and Chieftaincy Affairs, seeks to create three third-class stools alongside the first-class monarch place.
Addressing considerations at a press convention, the commissioner, Jalingo, reiterated the federal government’s dedication to fulfilling the desires of the individuals and guaranteeing the sleek transition of management in Takum.
She emphasised that the governor wouldn’t be swayed by any group searching for to hinder the desire of the individuals.
The set up of the first-class monarch, supposed to rotate among the many Chamba, Kuteb, and Jukun-Takum ethnic teams, goals to fill the void left by the demise of Ukwe Ali Ibrahim Kufang II in 1996.
Nonetheless, the Kuteb ruling home opposed the rotational association, citing the historic significance of the Ukwe conventional stool, which dates again to 1510 and was formally acknowledged in 1914 earlier than being elevated to a third-class standing.
