PRESS RELEASE

PROF. DAKUM SHOWN: LALONG GRIEVES OVER DEATH OF FIRST PLATEAU STATE SPEAKER.

Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong has again expressed deep sorrow over the demise of one of the illustrious sons of the State and elder statesman, Prof. Dakum Shawn who died after a protracted illness.
Dakum Shown, an academic and politician, was the first Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly who held office in the Second Republic from 1979 to 1983 during the administration of Chief Solomon Daushep Lar.
Governor Lalong said “its another great loss for the people of Plateau State as one of its finest politicians is called to glory. Prof. Dakum Shown was an honest, patriotic, fearless and competent person who gave his all to every assignment he handled. He left so many legacies in the socio-political landscape of the State and the Nation having impacted many positively “.
The Governor recalls his role in laying the foundation for sound education in Plateau State and Northern Nigeria, as the first Nigerian Principal of the famous Girls High School Gindiri (GHS) where he taught and mentored many young persons that are today contributing positively to the society.
His political experience and contributions according to Governor Lalong have also enhanced the fortunes of democracy in the State and Nigeria as a whole. He praised his contributions to the development of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS where he was once its Chairman.
Lalong while consoling his immediate family, friends, well wishers and associates, asked them to take solace in the fact that late Prof. Shown lived a fruitful life and raised many who will carry on his legacies.

Makut Simon Macham, Ph.D
Director of Press & Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum.
18th March 2020

I am sadden and shocked about the dead of Professor DAKUM DAYUS SHOWN who died in a far away hospital in India, I received the sudden news about your dead as a great lost to mupun nation, plateau state and the country at large

Dr SIPAK SHASE’ET while commiserating with the mupun nation, family and friends of DAKUM SHOWN describe his dead as a great lost to the people of mupun and plateau state, saying the late DAKUM SHOWN was a dedicated son of mupun and plateau state who has contributed to the political development of the state.

Indeed Plateau people will miss you and your immense contribution to the political development of the state.

May God give mupun nation, family and friends the fortitude to bear this unreplaceable lost.

Sign Dr SIPAK media team

The Plateau State information and communication Technology Development Agency PICTDA have on the 17th March 2020 graduated the first set of a silicon program under agency tagged CODE PLATEAU, The program which trained Plateau indigenes and none indigenes in different field of Software development and digital skills, the program took place at Nhub Foundation Jos. Hon. Gyang Musa Dung Commissioner for Science and Technology who Represented Governor Simon Bako Lalong in his speech admonished the Code Plateau Fellows to be proactive on what they have learned which is Technologically driven to bring innovative ideas and concepts that can take Plateau face to international recognition, The Director General of PICTDA Hon. David S. Daser in his speech appreciate Governor Simon Bako Lalong for the support given to the Agency to fastract the Code Plateau training and tasked beneficiaries to be good Ambassadors where ever they found themselves. in his opening remark CEO Nhub Nigeria Mr Long Daniel congratulated the Code Plateau fellows for reaching to the end of the program and tasked them to use the ideas gain judiciously, the program witness guest from various works of life.
Testimonies were received from the beneficiaries of the Code Plateau program.
highlight of the occasion was the presentation of Certificates of participation to the grandaunts.
Long Live Plateau State.

News reaching Middlebelt Reporters has it that the first civilian Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Prof Dakum Shown is death, he died after a protracted illness in an Indian Hospital last night…

Details later

RT HON. GAGDI ASSURES OF LEGISLATIVE INPUTS TO MAKE NAVAL PRESENCE UBIQUITOUS IN BAYELSA STATE

The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Navy, Rt Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi has assured that his committee will prioritize appropriation for the development of the percel of land donated to the Nigerian Navy for the establishment of a Foward Operating Base, so as to make the presence of the navy more prevalent in Bayelsa State to commensurate with its vast maritime resources.

Rt Hon. Gagdi made the remarks when he led a batch of 16-man member of his committee on a familiarization visit on the Bayelsa State governor, as part of activities scheduled for the committee’s oversight visit to the Central Naval Command Headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

Gagdi maintains that the importance of Nigerian waterways to the nation’s economy is unprecedented, as such securing the maritime industry by ensuring operations of the navy is physically present in all its waterways cannot be toyed with.

The governor, who was away to Abuja on an official visit, spoke through his deputy, Sen. Lawrence, who appreciated the visit of the committee and assured of further collaboration between the navy and the Bayelsa State government to boost economic activities in the waterways by securing its operators within the sector.

Earlier speaking, Gagdi said the aim of the visit was in compliance with constitutional provisions that empower the legislature to exercise oversight functions over activities of the executive arm of government, and the best way to ensure resources allocated to various government organizations are judiciously expended, according to him, is by physically visiting areas of responsibilities of such organizations.

He thanked the governor for the warm welcome accorded the committee and assured that the coming years would be more beneficial to the nation’s economy through a more reinvigorated Nigerian Navy that is poist to discharge its duties optimally with its basic needs attended to. He assured that under his chairmanship of the Navy Committee of the House of Representatives, legislative enactments and budgetary allocations to the Navy would be upped to meet modern global practices.

The highlight of the visit was the presentation of plague carrying the state’s emblem, to the Committee Chairman, Rt Hon. Gagdi, signifying the highest honour the state can give to its guest.

GAGDI MEDIA TEAM (GMT)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂 TO AN ICON
As you celebrate your birthday today, I join millions of well wishers to wish you a happy birthday, long life and prosperity.

Sir, you are an angel on earth, your humility, self control, Godliness, hard working, truthfulness, discipline, resilience, confidence and above all, the fear of God makes me to come close to you and tap from your wealth of experience, your transparency and Openness, sincerity and refusal to deep your hand into what belongs to the church, makes your fellow colleagues to distance themselves from you, for they are unclean.
Your election to the post of Chairman, RCC Pankshin was cancelled two times and shifted to a later date just because they know you are an upright and a true man of God, at last you were elected to lead the church of God and the people, even though some of us threaten to invade the election ground and at the end, you proved to them that without Bsc in Theology you know God more than they do.

Sir, the COCIN you suffered to build then, is something else today, COCIN is now a political party not a church again, but these remind me of what you told me 20 years ago and what happened to you during your election as Chairman, RCC Pankshin, many Reverends who want to emulate and carry on with your kind of work in the church are transferred to remote villages where there is no network, telling the truth in COCIN today is a taboo, Daddy, in COCIN today you can’t differentiate between a Rev/Pastor, elders and leaders again.

Baba, you are truly a man of God and a mentor, teacher, disciplinarian to many of us, you are a God fearing man, transparent and Openness, diligent and prudent.

As you celebrate your birthday on this special day, I on behalf of my family wish you long life and prosperity.

Prince Rotdunna Sekat
The Yandar Ngas.

FREE MEDICAL/SURGICAL OUTREACH!!!

Announcing Salman Hospital Free Medical Outreach

The management of Salman Hospital wishes to announce the commencement of the forth coming ANNUAL FREE MEDICAL/SURGICAL OUTREACH scheduled to take place from MONDAY the 30th of march to SATURDAY the 4th of April 2020.

We will by God grace treat variety of illnesses and surgeries. The services include;
~ free consultations
~ Free Drugs dispencing
~General surgeries
~obstetric surgeries
~opthalmic(eye) care
and ~Dental care excluding orthopaedic surgeries.
The first two(2) days will involve consultation and drug treatment simultaneously going on with screening for surgical cases while the last 4 days will involve surgeries.

As experts in humanitarian services, we are hopeful that God will give us all the grace to take care of the needy. Thanks

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has called off the hearing in the appeal by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole on his suspension by the Federal High Court.

The Appeal Court had, last week sent notices of hearing to parties in the appeal but when parties got to court on Monday the Justice Stephen Adah-led three-man panel of Justices sat to hear other cases.

When the panel rose later, it promised that another panel will be reconstituted to hear the APC National Chairman’s appeal.

Parties were, however, taken aback when a female official of the court announced to a packed courtroom that the court has elected to hear Oshiomole’s appeal on a later date to be communicated to parties later rather than having a new panel

The former Edo State Governor, who arrived early at the court, is currently meeting with his team of lawyers on what next steps to take.

More to follow…

PRESS STATEMENT

GOVERNOR LALONG MOURNS NORTHERN CAN SECRETARY-GENERAL DANLADI YERIMA

Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governor’s Forum Simon Bako Lalong has expressed deep shock over the demise of the Secretary General of the Christian Association of Nigeria, 19 Northern States and the FCT, Danladi Yerima.
Lalong in a condolence message described the late Danladi Yerima as one who stood firm in pursuing the cause of Christianity and the gospel of salvation in Northern Nigeria and the nation as a whole.
The Governor noted that “Danladi Yerima lived a life of selflessness and complete devotion to the teachings of Jesus Christ as he contributed his quota to the propagation of the gospel to many as Secretary General of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Northern Nigeria. He was a man who stood for unity, peace, justice and tolerance in all his dealings”.
Lalong therefore commiserated with the family of the deceased, the Christian Association of Nigeria and the entire Christian community in the region and country over the loss of one of its committed members who did a lot for the body of Christ.
He asked them to be consoled by the good legacies he left behind in the various fields of endeavour he occupied especially his professional career, Community Service, social activism as well as the Adara Development Association (ADA) where he was one time President.

Makut Simon Macham, Ph.D
Director, Press & Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State & Chairman, Northern Governors Forum.
16th March 2020.

All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, says the Presidential ambition of some top politicians in the APC is destroying the party like the coronavirus pandemic.

Tinubu said in a statement on Sunday that it was unfortunate that these individuals had in their desperation for power orchestrated the suspension of the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole.

He said, “While coronavirus has been presently contained in Nigeria, we must be alert to another sickness that seems rampant within a certain segment of society. That sickness is old Ambition-virus 2023. This illness afflicts many in the political class along with their allies in the media.


“Those touched by this malady find that their ability to tell time and discern the difference between the present and the future has been strongly impaired. The carriers of this sickness are confused as to the very season our nation now finds itself.


“They conflate things, which no sensible person would conflate. The primary symptom of their malady is the driving tendency to believe the events of 2023 will be decided before we even exit the year 2020.”


The former governor of Lagos State said, unfortunately, the biggest casualty in the struggle for 2023 was the President, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Tinubu, who is rumoured to be nursing a presidential ambition, said Buhari, who is currently tackling the nation’s many maladies, ought to be supported by the APC and not distracted.

He said, “In a broader context, those afflicted with the 2023 virus do a grave disservice to President Buhari and his administration. They should be trying their best to help the President. Instead of seeing President Buhari as our present leader and commander-in-chief, their sole contemplation is upon his eventual exit.


“Yet, not even a full year has passed since his second inaugural. How can they be committed to helping him realise his mandate when the fullness of their gaze is affixed to seizing this very mandate for themselves?”