Boundary Dispute: Stop The Blame Game, Allow Mature Discussion – Makinde To Osun, Oyo Residents
The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, urged border communities in Iwo local government of Osun and Lagelu local government of Oyo to stop the back-and-forth blame game and allow the two governments to continue mature discussions on the resolution to the land dispute.
The government said the simmering public altercations over the boundary dispute will not solve the issue.
The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, made the appeal in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan.
He said the government the media feed on combustible materials such as this, and while unending hostile public statements feed the media nest, they are injurious and distracting to what the governors of the two states are doing.
Oyelade said, “The two governments believe that the protracted land dispute is not intractable and traditional institutions should not be a clog in the wheel of peaceful resolution.
“Governors Seyi Makinde and Ademola Adeleke are cooperating fully with the National Boundary Commission through their representatives and believe that an amicable solution will be arrived at soon.”
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