The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Plateau State Chapter, Hon. Chris Hassan has called on the people of his state to remain calm and be law abiding following the appeal court judgement which ordered a re-run of Plateau North Senatorial District.
The Chairman in a statement on Monday made available to Oracle Reporters in Jos said, “we are not deterred, we have been victorious, and we will always remain committed to sustain our victories in the state since 1999.
Hassan saId his party won the elections convincingly in the National/State Assemblies elections and has no doubt that Plateau citizens would turn out en masse to vote for his party in the coming re-run elections.
“PDP won the elections clean and clear, if we go back to the poll 100 times, PDP will still win convincingly.” Hassan stressed.
According to Hassan, his party legal team is studying the judgement of the appellant court and in days a communication will be made public.
He offered a prayers In-Context of Psalms 34:19 ” which reads “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all”
He assures his party teeming supporters that the current trial that his party is passing through will turn out to be a testimony and thanksgiving by the Grace of God. It would be recalled that on Sunday, Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, orders re run of elections into the Plateau North Senatorial seat and Jos North/Bassa federal seat of National Assembly.
Correspondent Officials/ Organisers of Plateau Film Festival Pays Commissioner Usman Courtesy Visits.
Attai Audu, Jos
Plateau state Commissioner for Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs Mr Ephraim Usman has informed Journalists on the Plateau that the administration of Governor Caleb Mutfwang is open to constructive criticism when necessary as it is operating Open door policy administration on the Plateau.
According to Usman, their doors are open for the media and the public for meaningful advise that will move the State forward.
Comrade Usman gave this hint when he received officials of the correspondents Chapel Of Plateau Chapter of NUJ in his Office in Jos,the Plateau State capital.
Usman assured the Correspondents Chapel leaders that his Ministry is willing to partner to with the media on the Plateau, calling on them to always investigate and seek clarification in their business of reporting.
According to him,the time is now administration of Governor Mutfwang is all out to deliver Plateau State from the shackle of the past, stressing that the people of Plateau State will soon begin to see the dividend of democracy.
Earlier , the Chairman of the correspondents chapel Mr. Polycarp Auta said they were in the commissioner’s office to congratulate him on his appointment noting that the few months that he had spent in the office has helped in projecting the heritage of Plateau State.
According Auta, the media played critical roles in projecting Government policies and programs hence the need for the media and the Ministry to collaborate for effective objective and balance report that will project Government activities to the public.
Similarly, the organizers of the Plateau International Film Festival led by Debora Jalmet paid the Commissioner a thanked you visit for his support during the Plateau film festival .
She called for more collaboration to bring growth for Plateau State.
Responding, the commissioner said the Film industry is playing a vital role in protecting the people’s cultural heritage adding that it has helped the youths to be gainfully employed.
Rev. Amos Kumai Yohanna, is an erudite Theologian, a preacher of the gospel aconsummate administrator and a teacher of high repute.
He was born on 4th June, 1961 at Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, North East Nigeria.
This special rare gem commenced his educational pursuit at the primary level from Yelwa Primary School, Mubi Adamawa State from 1969 to 1975 and later proceeded to the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, LCCN Bible College, Ganye Adamawa state in 1982 where he passed out in 1985 having obtained his General Certificate of Education, GCE.
This Reverend gentleman because of the oil of grace in his life further proceeded to the Theological College of Northern Nigeria in 1988;an institution that is affiliated to the Prestigious University of Jos where he meritoriously obtained his Diploma Certificate in Theology.
Rev Amos Kumai Yohanna is a man with special predilection for education and knowledge;because of this desire he travelled outside the Nigeria shores to faraway Tanzania, East Africa in pursuit of Golden Fleece because he knew his future would be brighter after then.
To this effect, this man of humanity was admitted into the Makaumia University College, Tanzania in 1994 and by 1997 he bagged his Bachelor of DivinityDegree with honors.A man, who sees education as one of the greatest gifts a man should jealously and tenaciously pursue,felt the need to further continue in his academic desire thus enrolled for his Master’s Degree in Theology in 2000, at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria, Jos and graduated in 2002 with specialization in Pastoral Theology.
This man of vision and determination always cash in on every opportunity to add value to his personality, hence in 2009, Rev. Yohanna also obtained a professional Diploma Certificate in Education from the Ahmadu Bello University’s Institute of Education.
After all his educational pursuit, coupled with his academic attainment, Rev Yohanna was then ready for brasstasks to apply his knowledge to the growth of the Church of God. This is to say that the time for this quintessential leader and thoroughbred preacher to practically concretize his learning into action became obvious.
Consequently and essentially, Rev Amos Kumai Yohanna became the Pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, Vimtim, Adamawa State from 1985 to 1987. He was also a lecturer at Kulp Bible College, Mubi, Adamawa State from 1991 to 1994 as well as Pastor of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria,Vonuklang, Yola Adamawa State from 1998 to 2000.
Interestingly, Rev Yohana found himself navigating in the waters of bureaucracy and governance from 2002 to 2021. It was indeed a sharp departure from church administration to State and Federal government Administration.
Indeed, Rev Amos Yohanna had served his state and Nigeria at different sensitive capacities.
He was the Executive Secretary of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Adamawa State from 2002 to 2007. At the end of his tenure at the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, he was appointed the Chaplain, Adamawa State Government House by the Executive Governor of Adamawa State in 2007 and he served in that capacity up till 2010.
Divinely, the year he step down as the Chaplain, he was appointed the Zonal Coordinator North East by the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC and he served functionally and effectively in that capacity up till 2013 when he was elevated and appointed the Head of Administration of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC headquarters, Abuja where he served with dignity and humility up till 2016.
He was able to change the landscape and administrative architecture of the Commission with his coming on board as the Head of Administration in 2013. The Commission is still leveraging on the solid foundation he laid in the Administration Department as well as the Operations department up till date.
As Head of Administration of NCPC, Rev. Yohannaleft indelible marks in the sands of time which no Head of Administration after him has been able to beat.
He had so much influence and so much power which enabled him to reposition and transform the system effectively and efficiently. It is on record that Rev Yohanna remains the most influential Head of Administration that NCPC has ever produced so far.
As Head of Administration, Rev. Yohanna, a distinguished Reverend, headed the first ever situation Room of the Commission during Pilgrimage operation alongside with top officials of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA and some Select Senior Staff of the Commission.
It is Instructive to emphasise that the only Reverend in Admin then headed the Situation Room at a time when the Commission was airlifting 18,000 pilgrims to the Holy land of Israel, Greece and Rome. This well respected Minister of the Gospel is a stickler to details, a workaholic, a man who believes tenaciously that punctuality is the soul of any venture. He resumes work as early as possible and closes late all through his service year.
Rev. Yohanna is a proud son of Adamawa State who served as the pioneer Chaplain of the Government House, Yola and the only Chaplain till date who handled over successfully to his successor with pomp and pageantry without any ill feeling and bad blood.
Rev. Yohanna is a goal getter, selfless and sacrificial leader. While serving as the Head of Administration, it is on record that he was able to migrate the Commission from the traditional payment system to the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS. He was able to just within three months in office accomplish this feat thereby putting paid to the suffocating enigma that had lingered for years.
As Head of Administration, he was able to swiftly conduct the first ever promotion examination of staff seamlessly as well as the first confirmation examination ever conducted by the Commission.
This Special breed of a leader with his indefatigable team of course with the approval of the Executive Secretary physically structured and reorganized the departments and units of the Commission in such a way that every department is situated contiguously and appropriately in line with their core mandate.
He also produced the door labels of all the offices and was instrumental to the procurement of major furniture in the Commission while serving as the Head of Administration.
This man of many parts can sacrifice his comfort for common good and corporate ideals. Little wonder that while pursing the migration to IPPIS he had at different times boarded the local KekeNAPEP in order to meet deadlines at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation OAGF.
In the same vein, in 2019 he personally paid N80, 000 to effect and reconstruct the main entrance gate of the Commission which had a deep pit in between to avoid casualties and save the image of the Commission.
In 2016, when there was a change of leadership in NCPC, he was reappointed and transferred to Yola as the Zonal Coordinator of the North East Zone. By an act of God, the same Chief Executive who transferred him to Yola recalled him back the following year and appointed him the Director of Operations of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission in 2017, a position he held sway till his glorious retirement from the services of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission on 4th June, 2021.
Rev Yohanna will also be remembered in NCPC as the most effective, dynamic, purposeful and indefatigable Director of Operations the Commission ever produced. He runs Pilgrimage Operations seamlessly with confidence and trust. He is indeed a good team player.
While as the Director of Operations, this quintessential leader spent his own hard earn N60, 000 to purchase a hard disc to store all relevant operational pilgrimage information. What else can we say of this rare gem, an embodiment of humility and candour. Indeed, he is a gift to humanity and his generation.
This leader of Exemplary leadership is contagiously sociable, humane and peace loving.
Rev. Yohanna is indeed a fulfilled man by all standards, by all measurements by all intents and purposes.
This man of grace, is not a character that would bask in the euphoria of any high profile position he finds himself because of his background, philosophy of life and spartanism. He has seen it all. He is truly an epitome of humility and hard work.
Truly, and without sounding immodest, Reverend Yohanna is highly favored specie; a dependable ally which explains why every Chief Executive he serves holds him in high esteem. He is a jewel of inestimable value.
This outspoken and eloquent preacher had garnered sundry training experiences and expositions through capacity building and training programmes.
Rev. Amos Kumai Yohanna, is creative and innovative, enterprising, intelligent and very consistent.
In 2014, he attended a training programme on Freedom of Information Act, organized by the Federal Ministry of Justice,Abuja. He equally attended a programme on Transforming and Sustaining the Economy through effective Asset Management Culture UK Trade and Investment/Codub, Lagos in 2015.
In 2012 Rev Yohanna attended training on LogisticsManagement with BRATIM in Abuja,Project Management Training with Boardman partners Limited, Abuja in 2013 as well as the National Productivity Centre, Abuja in 2014 on Enhancing Organizational Performance.
This ebullient and effervescent preacher and administrator par excellence was honored with the distinguished award of Lifetime of Selfless Contribution to the Development of Adamawa State by the Adamawa State Government House, Chapel.
On his Successful retirement on 4th June, 2021 as the Director of Operations of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, he ventured into the murky waters of politics.
This Mubi born and ordained Reverend, moved into action by first and foremost registering as a card carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in his mubi ward, of Adamawa North Senatorial District.
He eventually took the ticket to contest for Adamawa North Senatorial District under the PDP and scaled through the Primaries with overwhelming margin.
However, the National Assembly election of 25th February, 2023 took place and the Senator-elect was very optimistic that he would coast home with victory, but the APC candidate was declared the winner even at that , he remained resolute and undaunted by following the legal process to reclaim his mandate.
Today it is now history that Rev. Amos Kumai Yohanna is the Senator-Elect of Adamawa North Senatorial District following the landmark judgment of the Appeal Court Tribunal of Monday , 16th October, 2023 which sacked Senator Ishaku Abbo of the APC and withdrew his certificate of Return which will be presented to Rev. Amos Yohanna, the Senator- Elect who is the validly elected Senator of the Federal Republic, representing Adamawa North Senatorial District
Indeed this is a new dawn for the People of Adamawa North Senatorial District as they would be sure of quality representation in the Hallowed chambers henceforth.
The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC on Monday, 16th October, 2023 rolled out the drums in thanksgiving to God for the successful Completion of Easter pilgrimage Exercise..
The event took place at the Commission’s Chapel in Abuja which was celebrated with pomp and pageantry by the management and staff of the Commission, including the zonal staff who participated virtually.
In his exhortation, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Dr. Yakubu Pam stated that there is power in thanksgiving.
He affirmed that the Commission had every reason to Thank God for his mercies and favours over the pilgrimage activities of the Commission.
He explained that the fifth batch of over 300 pilgrims who arrived Nigeria from Israel on 9th October, 2023 returned safe and sound without any issue.
He added that they all came back without experiencing any casualty despite the escalation of crisis in Southern Israel.
The NCPC boss maintained that the Commission had every reason to thank God for the support President Bola Tinubu gave to the Commission which enabled the Commission to effectively prosecute the 2023 Easter pilgrimage completion exercise successfully.
In the words of the NCPC boss, “Easter Pilgrimage is over, we finished successfully our Easter pilgrimage without casualties’’. He disclosed that the Easter pilgrimage exercise did not record any single case of abscondment, rather he said that a pilgrim was deported from Israel for attempting to abscond.
Rev. Pam hinted that the Commission would soon commence preparations for the 2023 December Main pilgrimage exercise and that the remaining pilgrims who could not make it to Israel due to the suspension of the last batch of Easter Pilgrimage Completion exercise would join the main pilgrimage in December 2023.
He reiterated that the Commission suspended the last batch of the Easter pilgrimage Completion exercise on 10th October, 2023 following the escalation of hostilities in Southern Israel and bearing in mind the Commission’s stance on the safety of our pilgrims.
He revealed that the Commission would soon hold a meeting of the Conference of States on 31st October, 2023, that is the State Pilgrimage leaders and Managers with church leaders to pray for peace in the Middle East and in particular Israel and Jordan.
According to him”, it is our prayer today that the Middle East will have peace so that we will be able to carry out our mandate of pilgrimage in Israel and Jordan”, he said.
Rev. Pam used the opportunity of the thanksgiving to appreciate the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume for his effective supervisory role over the Commission as well as the State Pilgrimage Leaders and Managers for their support and cooperation.
The Plateau State commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. Hon. Ephraim Usman has presented temporary Appointment letter of selection to the new Ngas Monarch, the Ngolong Ngas Nde Jika Golit.
The Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs Commissioner Comrade Usman while presenting letter of Appointment to the Ngas Monarch at his ministry in Jos, said the administration of Governor Caleb Mutfwang would continue to ensure due process is followed in the selection of traditional rulers on the Plateau.
According to him, Mutfwang administration is working round the clock to ensure there is unity among the people of his state irrespective of tribe and religion of the people.
” Due process was followed in the selection process of the new Ngolong Ngas ” Usman saId
According to him, the state government did not interfere in the selection of the new Ngas Paramount ruler.
He said that “the time is now administration” would continue to give support to Local Government or tribes that are ready to select their Leaders and promised to support whoever the people wants as their leader.
He urged the Ngas Nation to Pray for the unity of the State and the nation at large.
Usman promised that the Government on its part, will do everything humanly possible to bring democratic dividends to the citizens of Plateau state.
In his response, the new Ngolong Ngas, Nde Jika Golit stated that his selection was the will of God and thanked all the stake holders for the success of the process.
He , promised to rule with the fear of God.
The new Ngolong Ngas Nde Jika Golit same day was presented to the state Secretary to Goverment Arch Samuel Jatau by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Mr Usman at new Government House little Rayfield Jos.
While receiving the new Ngas Paramount ruler, the Secretary to the Government of the state Arch Samuel Jatau who represented the state Governor Mutfwang at the event expressed Joy that due process was followed in the selection of the first Class traditional ruler.
He congratulated the new Ngolong Ngas and called on him to carry everybody along in other to unite Ngas people.
Arch Jatau assured the new Ngolong Ngas that the state government will do everything humanly possible to make the new Ngolong Ngas reign a memorable one.
It would be recalled that the new Ngolong Ngas Nde Jika Golit was selected on Friday, 13 October,2023 in Pankshin by the Pankshin/Kanke joint traditional council until his selection, the new Ngolong Ngas was the District Head of Garram in Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) under the auspices of the North Central APC Forum has threatened to take legal action against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, should he involve himself in the current crisis of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The forum said it understands that the PDP has been doing all they could to involve Wike in resolving their internal leadership crisis, particularly the one which followed the fall out of their defeat in the last presidential election.
Speaking yesterday in Jos the Plateau State capital after their last quarter of the year meeting, Chairman of the forum, Alhaji Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said as an appointive office holder of the APC, Wike should not be allowed to get too involved in PDP issues, talk more of resolving their crisis.
Zazzaga said if Wike is allowed to get involved in such, as well as fratenize unchecked with members of the PDP, it will not be in the interest of the APC, and that they will not accept, and will be forced to take legal action against him if it comes to that.
“We are warning Wike against getting himself involved in the PDP crisis, talk more of making any moves to resolve it since the party is still seeing him as their member. But we in the APC are not comfortable with Wike’s romance with the PDP because we know it won’t always be in the interest of the APC which he is holding its appointive position.
“So, Wike’s loyalty should be seen and felt by the APC, as well as his friendship, rather than with the opposition PDP. We will continue expressing our concern over Wike’s romance with the PDP because many of their leaders are still not showing their support to the APC administration and the leadership of President Bola Tinubu after his victory at the February Presidential polls,” he said.
According him, the recent trending video of Wike at home with the former Senate President Bukola Saraki who is of the PDP, has been stirring some worry in APC quarters, and that duch visits and other relationships the PDP are intensifying with Wike are all ploy to be getting him closer to the PDP than the APC.
He said since the PDP is yet to fully accept and join hands with President Tinubu in moving the nation forward, but are rather challenging his policies and are still challenging his election victory at the court, is anevidence that they are yet to accept his presidency.
Zazzaga therefore said, Wike’s romance with the PDP should be a concern to them and they reject it in its entirety, particularly that Wike is a rare appointee brought in from the PDP to become a cabinet member in the APC government.
He said they have sent an earlier caution to Wike and this is the second time, and that if there is no change, they will be forced to mobilize protest against him.
Meanwhile Zazzaga called on all party supporters to support the party in the forthcoming November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi state.
He called on the APC members to make efforts in their usual fighting and never giving up spirit and show the other political parties in the elections that they can always do it both at the federal and state levels.
He said by do doing the party will prove to the likes of Senator Dino Melaye, the Kogi PDP candidate, that the APC remains the party to beat, and his rhetoric cannot give him victory against the APC.
The Director of Press and Public Affairs (DOPPA) to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau, Gyang Bere has informed the people of Chugwi community of Jos South LGA that his principal would not fail to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state.
Bere gave the assurance at a meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths in Vwang district of Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, the governor means well for the state and will, therefore, not disappoint the people.
He also assured the youths that governor Mutfwang had promised to carry them along in the running of the affairs of the state.
”Today, we have a governor in Plateau who has put the interest of the people as his top priority.
”The governor has beautiful programmes and projects that will move the state forward.
”So, I want to assure you and, indeed, all Plateau residents that the governor will not fail to deliver on dividends of democracy to everyone,” he said.
The governor’s aide said that the state government, in collaboration with security agencies, had adopted measures to tackle the security challenges currently confronting Plateau.
He said that all elected officials under the platform of PDP were working in unison, hence the need for all lovers of the party to follow suit.
Bere called on the youths to support the government in its bid to provide good governance to the people of the state.
Speaking also at the New Life Gospel Church of Christ for All Nations, Chugwi in Vwang district of Jos South LGA, Bere thanked the people for overwhelmingly voting Mutfwang as governor of the state during the last general elections.
He, however, called on them to pray and support the governor to succeed.
Former National secretary of Alliance for Democracy (AD) Chief Sylvanus D. Lot has described President Ahmed Bola Tinubu as astitute Politician, true Democrat and a Nigerian whose Political anticident speaks for him across the country.
Chief Lot who was a former secretary to Plateau state government and a chieftain of All Progressive Congress in Plateau state in an exclusive interview with Daily Independent in Jos at the weekend, said when Tinubu indicated interest to contest the 2023 Presidential election and his party primaries APC, he knew Tinubu was going to win APC Primaries and go ahead to win the 2023 Presidential election.
According to him,for about 15 years, Tinubu was criss crossing across the states of the federation making friends, building bridges and taking Chieftaincy tittles in difficult areas, preparing ground for declaring his intention to run for Presidential election in 2023, stressing that when the right time came, Tinubu stormed the political scene and nobody could stop his moving train. Lot stressed.
He added that if Tinubu could survive Obasanjo when Tinubu was Lagos governor, no doubt he has become one politician in Nigerian that knows his onion and what it takes to win elections.
Chief Lot said while he was the national Chief scribe of Alliance for Democracy (AD) he worked at close range with Tinubu as Governor of Lagos state and believe in the capacity of Tinubu to provide quality leadership for the people of Nigeria.
He added that going by the way 2023 presidential election was conducted and results announced by INEC the electoral body, he knew Tinubu won the election beating both Atiku and Obi at the polls.
Chief Lot argued that both the presidential and national Assembly elections were conducted same day and the ruling party APC won majority seats at the Senate and House of Representatives.
He said it would not be possible for President Tinubu to have lost the Presidential election because the same voters who voted the APC national Assembly members might have voted him too into power.
According to Chief Lot, even in the US, manual counting of votes is allowed if the technology used for the elections fails.
He commended the Justices that handled the Presidential election petition tribunal for giving credible judgement in favor of President Tinubu, stressing that the current moves by both Atiku and Obi at the Supreme court will not change anything.
Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has joined the international community and lovers of humanity in felicitating with Rural Women in Plateau State and across the globe as they celebrate International Day of Rural Women.
In a congratulatory message, Governor Mutfwang underscored the pivotal role rural women play in enhancing food security and sustainable development in the world.
He acknowledged the tenacity and perseverance of rural women in Plateau State in the fight against poverty and unemployment, saying their essential role has significantly improved the living condition of the populace.
Governor Mutfwang noted that women contribute immensely to agricultural production in the state, and urged stakeholders to always acknowledge, value and appreciate this significant role of rural women to agricultural labour force in Plateau state and the country at large.
He described the 2023 theme, “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for all” as apt and timely, in view of the crucial role women play from the production of crops to processing, preparing and distribution of foods to feed their families, communities and the nation.
Governor Mutfwang acknowledged with delight that the average Plateau women are hardworking, resilent and pledged that government will on its part, create the enabling environment for them to participate actively in governance by partnering with development partners to enhance their living condition, particularly those in rural communities.
He said it was in recognition of this that his administration appointed a significant number of women to play the motherly roles and help drive an all inclusive developmental agenda in the state.
Governor Mutfwang on behalf of his wife, Her Excellency, Barr Helen Mutfwang, the Deputy Governor, Ngo Josephine Piyo and the good people of Plateau State joined well-wishers in celebrating Plateau Rural Women on the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, hoping that the day will open new vistas for women.
The Pankshin Old Boys Association (POBA) has called on Plateau state government to intervene on the state of its Alma-mater which the leadership of POBA said has become as a sorry sight.
The Association leadership made this call during a courtesy call on the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Ephraim Usman at the weekend in Jos.
Mr Reuben Mallah, National Treasurer of the Association and leader of the delegation stressed the need for government’s intervention on the School which he said once catered for the Technical development of the entire Northern region.
He added that the school was founded to build technical skills and craftsmanship in its students but that is no longer the case as most of the equipments are non functional due to damage.
“Government College Pankshin and Government Technical College Bukuru were the two technical schools in the whole of the North that all the northern states were sending their children to come and acquire skills. “But today, the school is in a very sorry state, I remember the day set 87 went to visit the school, we were all in tears because when we saw the metal workshop, and the wood workshop it is almost non existent. “The School used to be known as Craft School, we used to have a very well equipped metal workshop, wood workshop and other technical equipments, we never carried anything outside the school for repairs, we were equipped to fix them. “So we are sincerely calling on government, both the State and the Federal government to come to our aid to help us revamp and restore the lost glory of Government College Pankshin” he said.
Mr Ephraim Sule, member of the 1995 set of the School while responding, noted with disdain that each time he had to drive past the school, he does so with pain in his heart due to the current situation of the school.
He noted that though the current administration had expressed willingness to continue on some abandoned legacy projects of the past administration, it would not include projects that are white elephant projects.
He urged the Association to unite in its effort to get tangible solutions and revive the school to it’s old glory.
“His Excellency has promised to finish certain abandoned projects, though with a caveat, he said white elephant projects, I dont know if this falls within the category he is describing.
“That road is on the way to my village and each time I drive past it, I feel pain in my heart because of the state of the abandoned project, I will be glad if that project is completed, because each time I look at the school instead of me being happy, I will be angry.
“So I want us to join our heads together, the National POBA, have a courtesy visit to his Excellency and beg him to reason with the school, even though I also will not relent, I will also take it as a project to ensure that it is completed, if not, it is a complete defeat on us “he said.
Earlier, the National Association of Plateau Students (NAPS )led by its President Jerry Nantin and the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) led by the State Chairman Mr Andy Udah
paid courtesy visit on the Commissioner of Ministry for Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs to express their solidarity and seeking its collaboration.
The Plateau state state students union leader Comrade Jerry Samson Nantim calls for review of the state bursary allowance from it’s present sum of five thousand naira to appreciable sum that could help to Carter for the needs of the state students in higher Institution of learning.
He equally announced during the visit that his students body has planned to organize leadership summit in the state next month of November in Jos, the Plateau state capital.
Similarly, the ANAN team leader announced during the visit that ANAN University has introduced Masters and PHD Programs and growing in Wisdom and knowledge.
Responding, the state Commissioner for Local Goverment and Chieftaincy Affairs promised that the government of Governor Mutfwang which is a people’s friendly Government would collaborate and partner with them to achieve their goals.
He particularly promised the students union leaders that Goverment Mutfwang Government will fulfill it’s promise soon to the students to review upward their bursary allowances.
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