JESUS said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God,”(Mathew 5:9). Browsing through dozens of researches on Plateau State authored by mostly Western writers or even African writers working for Europe or US based academic faculties, a common denominator is the stereotype woven like a wool around a misconception that Plateau State remains a battle field between contending forces of darkness and the strong force of good. Plateau State is pictured as a huge ongoing theatre of war.
But are these impressions factually accurate? As we will argue in this reflection, as much as the state has had a chequered history of ethno-religious battles due to the failure of security intelligence and compromised security architecture, there are clear indicators that the government of Plateau state as we write, has departed fundamentally from the immediate past and is engaged in massive peace-building efforts. As i argued aforementioned, I actually spent over 3 hours running through a dozen of write-ups uploaded on the Web about Plateau State. What I found out is disheartening but nevertheless expected since bad news out of Africa is good news for most Western focused researchers.
All the same, because I’m aware that a different trajectory and developmental narrative has begun since the current governor Mr. Caleb Mutfwang came on board about a year ago, this intellectual undertaking is aimed at correcting some misconceptions and misperceptions using empirical da.
