In Nigeria Governors are elected for a four year term with the maximum of two terms(8years),that means Governors are eligible to be voted twice,those who curved out the constitution in their wisdom envisaged that in the maximum of the 8years,programs and polices will fully be develop,concepts also will fully be matured and will have great impact in the state and the people,also the people can still vote a governor for just 1term (4years) if they so wish which is still good (as it is obtainable in some States) because this is where the principle of continuity in governance and government comes to play, a good and focus Governor will continue with some good programmes and polices by other administrations before them if it is of great importance in the first tenure(4years),the number of years of the tenure does not matter (whether 1st or 2nd tenure) but the impact on the State and the people is what matters,now don’t get me wrong here on the Plateau the zoning arrangement has worked very well for us and so we have adopted the zoning pattern in other to favour us all,that is why i am an advocate for fairness and justice that is why i call on us all those residing on the Plateau to support the Central Zone for the Governorship seat come 2023,let us leave the merits and demerits of zoning for another day, i know many may want to argue and bring up their own perspectives which is OK.

Now,Plateau State is lucky to have a hard working Governor who understands the principle of continuity in governance and government looking at projects that have not been completed by other previous government before him that is why the masses stood for him in 2019 general elections.

Governor Simon Bako Lalong performed very well in the first tenure,that is why all attempts by the opposition or others using religion & ethnicity as a tool to divide us and make us not to vote the APC in the 2019 governorship election was to no avail.

A lot of us stood firm for the truth and for Plateau State for some obvious reasons few of the reasons are:

1.The Constitution gives room for the maximum of 2 tenures (8years),which Rt.Hon.Simon Bako Lalong is entitled to.

2.In the principle of fairness a lot of Plateau people adopted zoning pattern to favor all the zones in the State.

3.Great Plateau Elders made sure we had Governors in this order:

*Central Zone 1999-2007 Senator Chief Joshua Dariye.

*Northern Zone 2007-2015 Senator Da,Jonah David Jang

• Southern Zone 2015 -Rt.Hon.Simon Bako Lalong
  ,so in the spirit of fairness and because of his hard work Plateau people voted massively in 2019 for Rt.Hon Simon Bako Lalong/APC .

Time and space will not allow me to outline all the reasons Plateau people voted for the APC in 2019 general elections.

Now,2nd tenures are for great legacy projects,can we say we have had an impressive performance this 2nd tenure so far?

All that is needed now is good suggestions,advice,and solutions not insults so that Plateau State will be better,kindly read carefully the part 2 of this writing.

God bless Plateau State

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The Honourable member Representing Dengi constituency in the State Assembly, Rt. Hon. Saleh Shehu Yipmong was earlier today honoured with an award of excellence by the National Association of Plateau State Students, Plapoly chapter. He graced the cultural day of the Association as the Chairman of the occasion as organized by her leadership which held today at Plateau state polytechnic, Jos campus.

The Deputy speaker while addressing the students appreciated them for finding him worthy to be recognised with such a wonderful award as a ”bridge builder”.

Hon. Yipmong reiterates on the need for unity and good relationship among Plateau state students owing to the fact that peace and economic development can only be achieved in the atmosphere of peace. He urge the Napssites to be law abiding and be their brothers keeper, even in our diversity in tribe and religion, it can be of blessing to us on the Plateau if properly utilized.

In his closing remarks, he made donation of the sum of One hundred thousand naira (N100, 000) to support cultural day/fund raising, and assures the student community that the plateau state house of assembly doors as an institution is always open to partner with students on any program that is aim at promoting our culture and economic development of the State.

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Sequel to the judgement of the Court of Appeal on the Plateau Central Senatorial Zone elections dismissing our appeal on Thursday, 7th November, 2019, I wish to seize this opportunity to thank the good people of Bokkos, Mangu, Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Local Govt Areas who voted massively for the People’s Democratic Party with me, as your candidate, in the elections! You also stood with me at the Tribunal and the subsequent Appeal with constant prayers and encouragement! I sincerely thank God for all of you! You made me shed tears of gratitude to have both party faithful and non-party supporters like you! God bless you all!
To our great party, the People’s Democratic Party, who stood by me and gave me a platform and name that is the darling of the electorate in Plateau State and dread of the opposition party, I say thank you! We, as a party, are rising out from the ashes to glory soon!
May I also thank our women, youth and elders for your support throughout the whole process!
To my team at the units, wards, Local Governments, and Zone, your collective efforts should make you hold your head high!
To members of the press, I thank you! To our indefatigable legal team, you stood valiantly against forces of injustice to the very end, well done!
As a Democrat and law-abiding citizen, we have exhausted all the constitutionally available opportunities to reclaim our mandate but our appeal has been dismissed! It will be of no value to point accusing fingers or blame anyone!
I, therefore, congratulate Nde Hezekiah Dimka, the Senator representing the good people of Plateau Central Senatorial Zone and pray that he represents us well!
It has been an eye-opener and great pleasure to offer to serve you, my people! The love you showed me has been overwhelming! Service to you is a commitment that I will stick to in any capacity God allows!
In conclusion, I return Honor and Glory to God for all the process and His blessings of good health and life!
Thank you all.
David Shikfu Parradang, OFR,mni.
Rtd CGI( Senatorial candidate of the PDP, Plateau Central Zone)

The Member Representing Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam Federal Constituency, Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi today met with critical stakeholders of his constituency. Stakeholders at the meeting include party officials, elders, youth and women among others.

The Hon Member used the meeting to thank constituents for their continued support and prayers so far and assured them of his determination to carry everyone along without any segregation. He also informed his constituents of his youth and women employment program which is in the pipeline. A number of empowerment items including sewing machines, grinding machines and other materials for skill acquisition will be distributed to about 1500 people in phase one of the program.

Also in the pipeline is a free medical outreach across the three local governments in the constituency with about 30 professional medical doctors earmarked for the program. A plan is already perfected for their mobility, accommodation and security in order to ease their stay in the villages of the constituency.

He enjoined the people to wait with patient while he is working hard to bring a lot to the people. He solicited support for himself and Senator Dimka, just as all the other elected members of the state Assembly so as to bring the dividends of democracy to the people.

The people were full of eulogies to the member and thank him for what he was able to achieve just within four months in office. Chairman of APC in Kanam Hon Nuhu Gyambaric and the Chairman of APC Elders Forum Alh Dahiru Garga, represented by his Deputy Alh Dahiru Ayada variously congratulated him for his victory at the appeal tribunal and appreciated him for the unprecedented achievements. They commended his foresight for the free medical outreach and the youth employment program and urged him not to rest on his oars but sustain the momentum in order to better the lots of his people.

Earlier during the visit, Gagdi (The Danmalikin Kanam) paid homage to the Emir of Kanam before proceeding to meet with mammoth crowd of supporters at his resident in Dengi.

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Local Government workers in Plateau under the tripartite workers Union on Wednesday temporary called off their statewide strike following a pledge by the State Government to meet some of their demands.
Mr Arandong Makwin, Chairman, Local Government Tripartite Union, disclosed this in an interview with Nigeria News Agency on Wednesday.
The aggrieved workers had on Monday shut the Secretariats of the 17 local governments in the state to protest the non implementation of the 9 year-old N18,000 minimum wage, promotion and financial autonomy, among others.
The tripartite Union are: the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) and National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM).
“We just had a meeting with our state leaders and have resolved to temporarily call off the strike having received some concrete promises from the state government.
“The Permanent Secretary of State Ministry of Local Government and Chietancy Affairs, has assured us of the implementation and payment of our one year long over due promotions with our October salaries.
“They had pleaded with us to call off the strike to enable our staff to gain access to the documents with which to compile our promotions for payment with our salaries between today (Wednesday) and Friday.
“We have indeed complied, but in the event that the government fails us, we shall resume the strike, ” the chairman threatened.
Makwin warned, “if they failed us by not keeping to their promise, we shall resume fully and will not back down until all our demands are met”.

I congratulate all members of our party in Plateau Central Zone and particularly congratulate Distinguished Senator Hezekiah Dimka for the Appeal Court affirmation of the victory of mandate freely given by the majority of voters in Central Zone.

The pronouncement upholding Senator Hezekiah Dimka’s election was a clear indication that the judiciary is truly the beacon of hope for the growth, strength and survival of Nigeria’s democracy.

The path is now clear for focused and true representation of Central Zone affairs to the much expected higher levels.

Hearty congratulations to all and sundry.

Signed.
Hon. Dr. Hosea Istifanus Finangwai. Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development, Plateau State.

The wife of slain Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi revealed “a lot of information” about the jihadist group’s “inner workings” after she was captured last year, a Turkish official said.
The official said that Baghdadi’s spouse identified herself as Rania Mahmoud but was in fact Asma Fawzi Muhammad Al-Qubaysi.
She was said to be the “first wife” of the IS leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month.
The woman was arrested on June 2, 2018 in the province of Hatay, near the Syrian border, along with 10 others, including Baghdadi’s daughter, who identified herself as Leila Jabeer.
The official said the family links were confirmed using a DNA sample of Baghdadi provided by Iraqi authorities.
“We discovered (the wife’s) real identity pretty quickly. At that point, she volunteered a lot of information about Baghdadi and the inner workings of ISIS,” the official said.
“We were able to confirm a lot of things that we already knew. We also obtained new information that led to a series of arrests elsewhere.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed for the first time Thursday that she had been detained.
“We caught his wife — I say this today for the first time — but we didn’t make a big fuss about it,” Erdogan told a gathering of students in Ankara.
He confirmed that Turkey had also captured Baghdadi’s sister and brother-in-law.
Erdogan took a swipe at the United States for making a big deal of Baghdadi’s killing, saying: “They started a very big communication operation.”
The IS leader was killed in a US special forces raid carried out with the help of Kurdish fighters in the north-western Syrian province of Idlib, just across the border from Turkey.
According to the US account, Baghdadi ran into a dead-end tunnel in his hideout and detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and two children.
The raid came in the wake of a Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish militants, who have been a close ally of the West in the fight against IS, but are viewed as terrorists by Ankara.

The member representing Pankshin, Kanam and Kanke (PKK) Federal constituency, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Gagdi was at the appeal court judgement between Sen. Hezekiah Dimka and Hon. Paradang at appeal court sitting in Jos today.

Hon. Gagdi congratulated sen. Dimka saying the decision of the court is indeed the reflection of the choice of the people.

He urged the teaming supporters to come together and forge ahead for the betterment of central zone, he says its time for governance and so, all hands must be on deck.

He further enjoined the people to be prayerful because that is always the key for a peaceful environment. In his usual way of giving, he gave the people(Resident in Jos and those that come from the five LGA) cash donation for refreshment and other logistics.

The Senate  has introduced a bill to regulate the use of social media in  the country.

The bill, which passed  first reading at plenary on  Tuesday, proposed   N150, 000 fine or a three-month jail term for any individual who posts false information on social media.

The bill titled, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019’ sponsored by Senator    Sani  Musa also prescribed a penalty of between N5m and N10m for any  corporate organisation that refuses to block false information after being  cautioned  by the  regulatory agency.

The bill also stipulates that telecommunication firms that allow their networks to be used to disseminate false information could face sanctions.

Musa,  who represents  Niger East in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, told reporters  on Wednesday that  the move  was aimed at guiding social media  users and not designed to gag the media.

He said,  “Nigeria is not only for the  government but for every Nigerian and we must all work towards moving this country to where it needs to be.

“You can see America and other advanced countries today; they have been  together for over hundreds of years.

“They had their period of turmoil and challenges like ours,  but they have been able to pass through.

“How did they do it? There is rule of law because  people are obeying to  the laws.

“For a country like Nigeria today and with the advent of social media, there is every reason for a country to as much as possible focus its attention on how this new media is tolerated.”

He said it was possible for  an individual to stay in a room and post  false information just to hit at someone.More in Home

The lawmaker added, “I have a passion for IT and I know what it takes to disseminate your information, it is like the speed of light.

“Some journalists will look at this legislation  as if we are trying bring a law that will gag  social media or the right to free press.

“It is  legislation that will guide how we can tolerate our activities on social media.

“False information has been disseminated so many time and it has caused  chaos in different parts of the world.

“If countries like the Philippines, Singapore, Italy, Malaysia, Australia, France, Indonesia, Egypt are putting control (measures in place)  to prevent the spread of false information, what stops us from doing it?”

The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid – ul – Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad .
Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior , announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja .
He said the Minister of Interior , Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola , congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and enjoined them to live within the virtues and teachings of the Prophet .
He said imbibing the Prophet’s virtues of love , courage and perseverance would guarantee peace and security in the country .

Aregbesola expressed confidence that the challenges confronting Nigeria at the moment would soon be over and therefore called on Nigerians to remain focused and determined .
He gave the assurance that with the immense potentials the country is endowed with; coupled with its human and natural resources, Nigeria will sooner than later join the league of developed nations .
“With love , commitment , self – sacrifice, patience and patriotism, we will certainly , build a greater Nigeria ,” Aregbesola said .
The Minister restated the Government ’s desire to ensure a peaceful and secure environment for all Nigerians .

Source:NAN