Following the 24-hour curfew imposed a curfew on Jema’a, Kaura and Zangon Kataf local governments of Kaduna State, the senator  representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Senator Danjuma Tella Laah, has called on the State government to lift the curfew in his zone.

The call was made in his New Year message. The senator said the measure was more of a punitive than ‎a security measure.

He also called on the the federal and Kaduna State governments to initiate a supplementary budget to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Southern Kaduna.

I have also observed that the 24-hour curfew clamped on Jema’a, Kaura and Zango Kataf LGAs, is more punitive on the people than a security measure. It was under the cover of this curfew that innocent law-abiding natives of Goska was murdered and the town totally razed.

“Governor Nasir el-Rufai should lift this curfew in the face of the influx of help from the federal government by way of more soldiers and police,” he began.

The senator called on residents of Southern Kaduna to give maximum cooperation to troops and security personnel in the discharge of their duties.

He also enjoined them to give Governor el-Rufai the cooperation and encouragement he needs to bring peace to Southern Kaduna, daily trust reports.

“I am ever ready on my part to partner with government so that we can complement efforts for the best results. The governor should in turn not regard everyone whose opinion and ideas towards solving the menace as “politicking with deaths” or as an enemy of peace,” he said.