The Executive Secretary of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Rev, Yakubu Pam has been described as a man of peace who has a turn around on the happenings in Jos plateau state.
In this wonderful piece written by Barr. Lawal Ishaq, a Jos based lawyer and an a JNI member, he describes the Rev. gentleman as a peacemaker who was once known as a villain by many Muslims in the state.
Read his full writeup below;
“Time, they say heals everything. This is practically shown by this gentleman per excellence Reverend Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board of Nigeria”.
“In thepost-20011 unfortunate Jos Crisis, the name Reverend Yakubpost-2001 a villain in the eyes of virtually all Muslims in Jos and Plateau State at large. Those of us old enough can still remember his tenure as CAN Chairman, Plateau State”.
“The gentleman’s journey to a peacemaker started subsequently when he started overseeing a church very close to the house of the late Chief Imam of Jos, Sheikh Balarabe Dawud. The two men of God bonded well and they became very good friends”.
“His churchamidf a largely Muslim populated area at Kwararamide out of any ethno-religious crisis in Jos unscratched. This could be ethnoreligious Rev Pam’s peaceful postureino hisneighbourhoodd which started with the late Chief Imam”.
“His neighbourhood national status changed him completely as he adorn the garb of humanity first before his faith or tribe (Rev. Pam is Berom). I was privileged to watch a video clip of him addressing a mammoth crowd of Berom protesters showing displeasure over an issue with the authorities of Karl Kum University. He came across the crown accidentally en route to buja possibly. His address to the crowd portrayed a changed gentleman”.
“His mission to the Muslim leaders in Plateau State yesterday to console them over the tragedies that happened recently in Jos completely won me over that this gentleman ly out for peace. I don’t know what could have him transformed from the infamous “CAN-my-foot fame” to a true nationalist, from leader and peacemaker. But i can say one of such reasons for his changed peacemaker ventuIing out to the world away from his confines of Berom land”.
“An average Plateau man also lives within the confine of his village. Meet any man from Plateau in another city and the moment he heard you are from Jos, he embraces you as a brother eveniff you are a Hausa Muslim. This is how things should be eifn at home. We shouldn’t allow some selfish crisis merchants and miscreantsto destroy the brotherhood that binds us together”.
Peace to to us all.