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The leaders, including Tanko Al-Makura (pictured) and Abdulfatah Ahmed, former governors of Nasarawa and Kwara respectively, said the north-central must regain its place as “the domain of peace and tranquillity”.
They spoke at a meeting organised on Thursday in Abuja ahead of the proposed security summit being organised by the North Central Peoples’ Forum (NCPF).
Al-Makura, who is the current senator representing Nasarawa south, said almost every state in the region is facing one security challenge or another.
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“Our zone has always been known as the home of tourism, of harmony, of solid minerals, the confluence of the two major rivers in the country, the food basket of the nation,” he said.