Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kefiano Foundation, Chief Kefas Wungak Ropshik, has shared over 2,000 bags of rice to less privileged people in several local government councils of Plateau state .
He also urged Plateau people to team up and fight the common enemy because security operatives has failed in protecting their lives and territorial integrity.
He made the call recently, in an interview with Journalists on the occasion of his birthday, held at Crystal Palace, Rayfield, Jos .
The distribution which began on Tuesday with people From Pankshin, Kanke and Shendam local Government areas of the State Climaxed with the Birthday of Chief Kefas Ropshik on Thursday at the Mees Palace event Center Jos, where over 600 widows and Orphans went home with bags of Rice and other Gift.
The CEO said, “it is a very sad moment and quite unfortunate that this is happening to Plateau State.
But of course, we will always call on government to do the needful especially, we the Plateau people. It is getting to a time that we cannot fold our arms and wait for government.
“We must think outside the box on how our people can be protected, and this goes directly to the state government.
“They are killing our people like animals and we cannot fold our arms and be waiting for security because, the security has failed us.
We cannot imagine these people coming to kill people the first day, come back the second day and the third day. It means they are within the vicinity”, he enthused.
Ropshik, however, said that sharing security numbers to the public was not enough because the time of their response to distressed calls was one big question and one major challenge the people were struggling with, hence the need for people to protect themselves.
“We must learn to unite and speak one voice and not for political gains. I seriously frown at it and that is the truth. We are tired of waiting for government. I am a victim of this carnage because I have adopted 20 children whose parents were slaughtered in their presence. How long are we going to continue in that?
He said if the government in power today is APC, PDP or Labour Party, it’s high time everybody came to support the government.
” Government too should learn how to involve every stakeholder regardless of political party so that, they will contribute to the security and success of Plateau State.”
Saying this is not time for politicking, it is time for governance so all should be invited to contribute what he or she thinks would bring to the success of Plateau State.
“And I stand by what I said and I insist. Every stakeholder on the Plateau should be called upon and discussion has to be made so that, we can protect our people”, Ropshik insists.
