Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue has called for a clear demarcate of the boundary between Benue and Taraba to avoid further confusion among communities.
Suswam made the call on Sunday in Danacha in Taraba at a reception, held in his honour by the Tiv Cultural and Development Association.
He said that Tiv people in Taraba were indigenes of the state and warned them against running to Benue at the slightest communal clash with other tribes in Taraba.
Suswam thanked Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba for honouring the formal declaration by former Gov. Jolly Nyame that the Tiv in Taraba were indigenous to the state.
He called on the people to support the Suntai-led government and stay in peace with other ethnic groups in the state.
Also, Suntaisaid the Tiv people constituted over 50 per cent of the economy of Taraba and as such the state was proud of them.
“I don’t know what some people may feel but the truth is that the Tiv in Taraba form over 50 per cent of the economy of this state and if you remove them our economy will collapse,” the governor said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Suswam and Suntai were decorated in Tiv traditional attires on the occasion. (NAN)