Sunday the 10th of December 2022, was a day the people of of Langtang North/South Federal Constituency would not forget in hurry as it was a day their Representative at National Assembly Hon Beni Lar set aside for Church Thanks giving to appreciate God for seeing her through these years at House of Representatives.
It was a day she also chose to appreciate her Constituents for giving her the needed Support she deserved as their Representative for giving her their mandate to represent them at House of Representatives for the business of Lawmaking.
No wonder the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Adeleke Mamora, Senator representing Plateau Northern District at National Assembly, Istifanus Gyang, Plateau State Director of Atiku/Okowa Presidential campaign organisation, Kefas Wungak Ropshik turned up at Hon Beni Lar Thanksgiving service to shower econmiums on Hon. Beni Lar as she celebrated her 55th birthday and Thanksgiving to God for His blessings and faithfulness into her and her family.
Truly speaking,Langtang town stood-still for Hon Beni as Mamoth crowd from all walks of life especially her political associates and friends stormed Langtang North
for her 55th birthday celebration
Boss Mustapha who was the Guest of honour at the event and Mamora through their representatives, commended the Lawmaker for thanking God for the gift of life stressing that God s always happy when people thank Him for the things He has in their lives.
They urged her to continue to give quality representation to her constituents at House of Representatives.
Senator Gyang on his part,said Hon Lar is a God-Sent to represent the people of Langtang North and South Constituency at National Assembly,
Plateau State and Nigeria in general.
He appealed to her constituents to re-elect her again back House of Representatives,saying returning her to the House would be of great advantage to the constiuency as “more federal government presence will come to the constituency.”
Similarly Caleb Mutfwang, Plateau PDP Governorship Candidate represented by his running mate, Josephine Piyo described Hon. Lar as a worthy representative who has demonstrated capacity and competency in representing her constituency at National Assembly saying that returning her to the House would enable her to use her wealth of experience to attract more projects to the constituency and the state as a whole.
The celebrant, Beni Lar in her speech at the event said she has gone through alot of trials, tribulations and challenges but at the same time God has given her the privilege to represent the good people of Langtang North and South constituency at the House of Representatives.
There were goodwill messages from the mother of the celebrant, Professor Mrs Mary Lar, Plateau Southern Senatorial candidate of PDP, AVM Napoleon Bali, erstwhile Chairman of Langtang North L.G.A and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Selcap Dalung.
Rev. Dindam Wuyep in his sermon at the Thanksgiving service entitled: “Act of Gratitude” who took his text from the book of Luke 17:17-19, said 10 lepers were cured by Jesus but only one returned to thank God for healing him and commended Hon Beni Lar for coming to
appreciate God for all the things He has done in her life and encouraged Christians to embibe the attitude of showing gratitude to God.
Two workers Unions in the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) have denounced the allegation of lobsidedness of appointments in Industrial training fund by so called Northern Coalition of Human Rights In Sahara Reporters.
The allegations were said to have been published in Sahara website on 8th December, 2022.
The Coalition of Northern Human Rights Groups (NHRG) was alleged to have written a protest letter to the office of the Minister of Trade and Investment alleging lopsided appointments and monetization of the promotion process, fraudulent awards of contracts, mandate deviation, nepotism and outright diversion of public funds, against the Director general and Management of the ITF.
Addressing a press conference in Jos on Friday against the the Northern Human Rights group, ITF union leaders Kayode Alakija and Othman Balarabe President SSACSGOC and Secretary General SSACSGOC Jos, Said while it is not in their place to hold brief for the Director-General and Management of ITF who are quite capable of defending their integrity that is clearly being assailed and tarnished, as representatives of the entirety of the ITF workforce, they were constrained to react to the malicious publication whose purpose is to sow discords and cause disaffection within the Fund.
“This is based on our firm understanding of the operations of the Fund, our deep appreciation of what the DG has done since his appointment in 2016 and the implication of the story on the image and reputation of our dear institution.”
According to them, as the executive officers of the two unions, they see the allegation of ‘nepotism, lopsided appointments and promotion of workers and monetization of the processes as baseless and unfounded.
They accused NHRG and Sahara Reporters of merely trying to ‘give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.
The ITF union leaders stressed that since the assumption of office of the DG, the ITF has operated transparently and in keeping with his pledge to heal wounds and work as unto God in the discharge of his duties.
“Therefore, every activity, be it employment, promotions and appointments and others have followed due process which accounts for the industrial harmony that has prevailed in the Fund since his appointment.”
They argued that With regards to the recruitments that Management conducted some years back, it was obvious to everyone associated with the ITF, even before his assumption to office that the Fund was short-staffed owing to retirements and other sundry reasons, adding that the DG, commenced the process of recruiting staff to plug the gaping manpower gaps in a transparent process that involved the Federal Character Commission (FCC), the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, and the ITF Governing Council.
” It is, therefore, preposterous that several years since the recruitment exercise, the DG would be accused of ‘lopsided appointment and bias recruitment’ as if he had sole responsibility for such an exercise, or rode roughshod over the other parties to populate the Fund with ‘indigenes of Plateau State and environs’ as the story suggested.”
They ITF union leaders further stressed that instead of the suggestion of ‘running the agency as his private estate with the bulk of recruitment into the agency reserved for indigenes of Plateau State and environs,’ the ITF was commended by the Federal Character Commission for adherence to laid down processes in the recruitment exercise.”
” There is nothing that suggests the desperation of the medium to impugn the name of the DG than the assertion of “promotion in the agency has been monetised and, in most instances, based on religious and ethnic considerations”.
According to them, as staff of the Fund, ” we wish to state that the promotion exercises are conducted with the supervision and active participation of the supervising Ministry and the Governing Council based on clearly defined parameters in line with the Civil service rule and condition of service.”
According to them, the transparency of the Fund’s promotion exercise has been further enhanced by the introduction of the Computer Based Test (CBT) under the leadership of Sir Joseph N. Ari.
“Having witnessed the process of our promotion exercise, the FMITI adjudged our exercise as one of the best and therefore, directed the Fund to prepare a template that will be adopted by other agencies under the Ministry. “
They described the issue of lopsided appointments as alleged by the publication as not only mischievous but equally satanic and devilish.
“Interestingly, the last recruitment made by the Fund was in 2019, and the necessary approvals were obtained, and the quota system was duly followed as in accordance with the directive of the Federal Character Commission.”
They argued that from 2019 to date, no other recruitment was done, stressing that the Unions, would be first to complain should there be any attempt to subvert the process in favour of others.
“Anybody familiar with the ITF will testify that the ITF Unions are reputed for their activism”
“Regarding allegations of ‘fraudulent award of contracts in the Fund, without recourse to the civil service rules , we state without fear of contradiction that all processes concerning the award of contracts in the ITF are followed to the letter. For a medium that hypes its investigative journalism credentials, we are amazed that it did not cite any instance of such alleged infractions. Indeed, because of the transparent adherence to procedures and due process in its affairs, the ITF was ranked amongst the first from over 500 agencies of the Federal Government that were surveyed in 2020 in terms of service delivery, transparency and integrity'”
“.It is equally spurious and quite laughable that a man that is described by most stakeholders’ as ‘the architect of Modern ITF’ and ‘Mr Infrastructure,’ who has virtually transformed the ITF both in terms of its ability to actualise its mandate and physical infrastructure is being accused of ‘outright diversion of funds and mandate deviation’’
They argued that, It is public knowledge that since the assumption to office of the Director-General, Ari has initiated several skills Acquisition programmes that have equipped thousands of Nigerians with relevant technical skills, who were empowered with start-up kits to start their businesses, adding that. It is equally on record that since his appointment in 2016, the DG has completed and commissioned over ten projects namely,the Mechatronics Workshop and Administrative Block at the Industrial Skills Training Centre (ISTC) Kano; Katsina Area Office Complex with an Administrative and Vocational Wing; Lagos Island Area Officet Complex; Modern Library Complex and Central Stores in the Headquarters complex; Classroom Blocks at the ITF Staff School, Headquarters Auditorium and Gymnasium and Access road and; Intro-tech Laboratory at the ITF Staff School.The commissioning ceremonies were performed by our supervising Ministers – Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo and Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji Katagum, who lauded the DG’s achievements and parsimonious application of lean resources.
They added that eight other projects have been completed and awaiting commissioning namely: Gusau Area Office Complex and Vocational Wing; Minna Area Office Complex and Vocational Wing; Aba Area Office Complex and Vocational Wing and Access Road; Awka Area Office Complex, Vocational Wing, and Access Road; Yola Area Office; Maiduguri Area Office; Abakaliki Area Office; Owerri Area Office in Imo State; the Multi-purpose Building in Maitama, Abuja; the proposed Institute of Hospitality Management at Oba Akran in Lagos and; a special Agriculture Greenhouse at Ofadaland in Ogun State. On-going projects include ITF staff quarters in Port-harcourt, Yola Area Office Complex and Vocational Wings, Uyo Area Office and Vocational Wings, ITF Multipurpose Training Centre, Abuja and Model Skills Training Centre (MSTC), Enugu.
” It must equally be placed on record that the House of Representatives’ Committee on Industry, during an oversight function visit to the Fund commended the Director-General and Management of the Fund for industrial harmony as well as for achieving so much in the face of paucity of funds.”
They urged the public to discountenance the Sahara Reporters website, report on ITF as it was full of tissues of lies and have no basis in fact.
“As a responsible media organisation, Sahara reporters should have done well by cross checking the information they got from what is clearly a faceless and non-existent organisation.” ITF union leaders stressed.
Nothing poignantly symbolizes the decrepit and gloomy face of governance in Plateau State such as the thick darkness that envelopes the Plateau State Government House at Little Rayfield every night.
Driving past that seat of government from the well-lit, ritzy and upscale Rayfield at sunset, you will never imagine that just a few metres to your left is the fence of what used to be one of the most magnificent government houses in the entire country. Close associates say that Governor Lalong harbours a deep aversion for the government house, built by his predecessor, because its sheer magnificence is a constant, niggling, reminder of his own disastrous outing as governor.
At daytime, the atmosphere of despondency is thicker, more palpable. The dilapidation and unkemptness that afflict both the fence and huge buildings within tell an even worse story; the sad tale of a governor who long ago let go of governance for fanciful frivolities that inflate his parched ego. Citizens here fittingly refer to him as ‘The Absentee Governor’.
The very structures within this expansive estate that were once the pride of Plateau people now desperately beg for a fresh coat of paint; yearn for their once lush lawns to be trimmed and watered; and pray for the overgrown grass and assorted weeds to be mown, perhaps for the first time in only God knows how many years.
Sadly, it is this sense of listlessness and abandonment that pervade both the people and atmosphere of Plateau State under His Excellency, Governor Simon Bako Lalong. And, yes, never fail to add to his string of aliases the fact that he also occupies the exalted position of the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and is likewise the Director-General of the All Progressives Party’s Presidential Campaign Council – which tickles him exceedingly, more than anything else these days.
It is this latest assignment, which he misconstrues as a reward for his exceptional leadership qualities, that he uses as yet another alibi to escape responsibility from the serious work of governance. His exaggerated sense of personal worth is now at its peak. But in his excitement, he failed to ask himself why the man who made him Director-General of his campaign team never thought him fit and worthy to be his running-mate, which, it must be admitted, Mr. Lalong straineously hankered after.
For a man who can settle for any position as far it gives him a semblance of public visibility, anything goes, warts and all. And knowing that his strength does not lie in taking and resolutely maintaining principled stands on fundamental issues, Tinubu and his kitchen cabinet fully understood that, at the least prompting, Governor Lalong would easily abandon his original quest and succumb to taking up the lesser, more temporary, position of Campaign DG.
At least, in his own reckoning, that would allow him share in the limelight that would shine on the APC’s high and mighty, as long as the campaigns last.
Other serious governors are making last minute efforts to consolidate on their achievements by commissioning projects and tidying up policies and programmes to strengthen and make them solid, robust and enduring. But Governor Lalong is squandering sleepless nights and precious resources hopping around the country on an exercise that is as self-serving as it is futile.
His efforts are akin to the gimmicks of a failed salesman struggling to market an essentially flawed product. Unfortunately, the best he can get for Tinubu in Plateau State cannot be more than what he was able to eke out for Buhari in the 2019 presidential ballot – a spectacularly humiliating result.
Moreover, the albatross of the Muslim-Muslim ticket that malignantly hangs on Mr. Lalong’s neck will be very difficult to cast off. This will, among other heavy moral baggage, make his job of selling the Tinubu/Shettima ticket very awkward to his immediate Christian constituency, both in Plateau State and elsewhere in the country. His task is further compounded by the fact that he is a Knight of the Catholic Faith.
What little time Mr. Lalong scrapes out to run the affairs of the state is devoted to empty state ceremonies still aimed at boosting his ego and picking up the pieces of the APC in the state which he single-handedly destroyed by turning it into a personal estate for his own pleasure. Today, many men and women who stood behind him in most of his inglorious seven years in office have been forced to either abandon him or join other political parties.
Even members in Jos North, who formed the fulcrum of the strength of the APC in the state, have rebelled against Mr. Lalong. His high-handedness and nepotism in handling both party and state affairs have been their chief motivations. Political analysts say that, as things stand, there is no way the APC can make any meaningful impact in the 2023 general elections.
Also, pundits further suggest that it is perhaps the highly fractious governorship primaries of the APC that finally nailed the coffin of the APC in Plateau State. The governor was seen to have deliberately skewed the process to favour his preferred aspirant which did not go down well with a majority of the contestants who took the matter to court.
Unfortunately, the outcome did not favour the aggrieved aspirants. But they have vowed to pursue the case up to the Supreme Court. However, many see this as a strategy to distract the APC from concentrating on the electioneering campaigns as more than 95 per cent of them are set to pitch their tents with the political party that has shown the greatest potential of defeating the APC in the forthcoming polls.
In the midst of all these, the people of Plateau State continue to suffer. As we write, civil servants are set to commence a five-day Sit-At-Home warning strike from midnight of Sunday, December 11, to Friday, December 16, 2022. They want to push home their demands for the payment of their five months’ salaries.
In fact, they had planned to start this industrial action before the flag-off of the APC presidential campaign in Jos on November 15. But, in order to stave off the embarrassment that would have caused Governor Lalong, being the arrowhead of the Tinubu campaign organisation, the workers were hoodwinked into calling it off when some workers started receiving salary alerts. But that was discontinued immediately after that political fiesta.
It later emerged that only a handful of workers had actually been paid a month or two’s outstanding salaries. Barely one month after, the workers have not heard any more from the state government regarding that matter.
With the governor perpetually absent and the levers of governance abandoned, it is only natural to expect these kinds of upheavals in the system arising from citizens’ frustrations with their wretched conditions. Abject conditions underscored by poverty for which Plateau State is now officially recognised as occupying the fifth position in the entire country.
Statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in November, revealed that 133 million Nigerians (63 per cent of the population) are multi-dimensionally poor due to lack of access to health care, education, proper living standards, employment and security.
PUNCH newspaper (November 18, 2022) reported: “The NBS further showed [that] Sokoto, Bayelsa, Gombe, Jigawa and Plateau are the top poorest states in 2022.
“Sokoto leads the poorest with 90.5 per cent of the people in the state poor. It is followed by Bayelsa with 88.5 per cent people, Gombe with 86.2 per cent, Jigawa with 84.3 per cent and Plateau with 84 per cent.”
Certainly, the Lalong administration should not be surprised at this bleak chunk of reality. To expect anything to the contrary would be to engage in the highest form of self-delusion. This is only the natural outcome of the government’s total lack of any concrete and practical economic blueprint aimed at harnessing and channelling the huge natural and human potentials of the state.
Like all else about the Lalong administration, its economic policies have been largely driven by a haphazard, trial-by-error, approach which is at best pedestrian and completely reliant on the old way receiving monthly handouts from the Federation Account. Most of which is deployed towards oiling huge and extensive political wheels and buying personal favours and loyalties of cheap political strumpets.
This is but a slice of the tragedy in which Plateau State is currently wallowing, emblematic of the darkness hanging over the Little Rayfield Government House. But come May, 29, 2023, its flamboyance, verve and splendour shall be restored, along with the natural vibrancy and pride of citizens. Citizens who are confident that, through their concerted and selfless efforts, they shall restore honour to their despoiled destiny so that even this darkness shall pass away.
(GYANG is the Chairman of the N.G.O, Journalists Coalition for Citizens’ Rights Initiative – JCCRI. Emails: info@jccri-online.org; chrisgyang01@gmail.com)
The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev Dr Yakubu Pam has charged the Management and staff of the Commission to be committed to their duty as December Pilgrimge Exercise will soon take off.
Pam gave this charge during a strategic meeting with all the Management and staff of the Commission, held at the Commission,s Chapel, NCPC Corporate headquarters, Abuja.
In his exhortation taken from Luke,s Gospel, chapter 8 verses 22 to 25, where Jesus asked his disciples to go to the other side of the Lake and as they set out sailing there was a storm.
He explained that going to the other side of the Lake as demanded by Jesus Christ meant there was a goal to accomplish.
He admonished the staff to always ensure they have a goal to pursue in life which would enable them to be able to add value to the system.
The NCPC Boss maintained that there is usually storm in the life of everyone and in the life of an organization.
He averred that the important thing in such situation is the ability to overcome which would be possible through the grace of God.
Pam reiterated that even in the midst of the storm one should be focused and not distracted, because according to him” there would certainly be light at the end of any dark tunnel”.
He urged the staff to shun every internal politics within the Commission and concentrate on their job.
The NCPC helmsman further tasked the Commission staff on the need to maintain high level of discipline, especially punctuality to work and loyalty to constituted authorities.
Rev Pam disclosed that the challenges facing the Commission in recent time would be surmounted , especially the issue of funding which is not peculiar to the Commission alone.
He further hinted that the Commission was working towards the commencement of the 2022 December Main pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan. He assured that the date for the commencement would soon be fixed.
The NCPC Boss further explained that the December pilgrimage would be mainly states pilgrimage affairs, whose intending pilgrims had successfully been screened and had paid their money for the exercise.
The strategic meeting was attended by all the Management and staff of the Commission at the headquarters.
The NCPC boss meets with the staff in order to keep them abreast with current happenings in the Commission.
House of Representatives Committee Chairman on Science and technology Hon. Beni Lar has empowered her constituents with Motorcycles, Granding Machines, Wrappers and tWheelchairs worth millions of naira to tackle poverty and aid the mobility of the physically challenged people in her Constituency.
Hon Lar who is Representing Langtang North/ South Federal constituency at National Assembly empowerment of women support groups and many others took place at the Langtang north LGA mini stadium at the weekend shortly after a Church thanksgiving service to mark her 55 birthday at COCIN LCC Kuffen RCC headquarters in Langtang North LGA of Plateau state
Speaking at the event, the forth time federal lawmaker said she has every reason to show appreciation to her Constituents because they made her to be where she is right now at House of Representatives with their support over the years.
She stressed that by the Grace of God, she will go back to the national Assembly again to continue to serve them.
“I will not be where Iam today without the support of the great people of my constituency. They have been very supportive to my aspirations, that is why Iam giving back to them interns of empowering them with Motorcycles, Grinding Machines and Wheel chairs to alleviate their sufferings .”
Lar advised her supporters to eschew politics of bitterness and rancour in the Constituency
. “As you can see today people came from different political parties to celebrate me . Let’s celebrate each other and Nigeria’s diversity. Politics is a game, whoever win is a Nigerian and should be supported by those that lost. My brand of politics is politics without bitterness and rancour .”She stressed
Chairman of the occasion and senator representing Plateau North constituency Barr. ID Gyang in his address at the event,said he was happy to identify with Hon. Beni Lar in view of her excellent performance adding that the amazon is a paliamentarian per excellent.
“She is making Plateau and Nigeria proud With her track records of excellent performance in the National Assembly she will become the leader of the House of Representatives one day.” Gyang said.
Similarly the Chairman of Langtang North LGA, Dr. Ubandoma Joshua Laven in his opening remarks said Hon. Beni Lar has shown that she is truely committed to the yearning and aspirations of the people of her constituency by consistently empowering them to be self sufficient over the years.
The Royal college masaka in Nasarawa State will be honored with an award this Friday as the over all Best Private Institution in Nasarawa State
Chairman G4 Media Hon Emmanuel Stephen in an interview with Oracle Reporters said after thorough research and finding, the G4 Media discovered the social roles the institution is playing in the lives of the less privilege and their academic performances as a leading private school in Nasarawa State qualified the institution for the award.
According to the chairman of the G 4 Media, the aged proprietor of the Institution Rev. Folusho Olalusi said there is need to use the college l to better the lives of Nigerian youths and the less privilege in the society..
The G4 Media Boss said they selected the institution for the award having discovered the institution ranks the best of all private institution in Nasarawa State, even in Education and humanitarian services.
The Plateau State Coordinator Of Peter Obi Presidential campaign council Dr Nazing Bako has inagurated Working Committees of Presidential campaign council in Jos the Plateau state capital.
The state working Committees of the Peter Obi/Datti Presidential campaign Council is to be chaired by a University Don and a Political scientist Dr Haruna Dabin .
while inaugurating the labour Presidential campaign council at the Party Campaign Secretariat in Jos on Wednesday,the state coordinator of Peter Obi/Datti presidential campaigns Dr NanZing Bako charged all the members of the campaign council in the 17 local government areas of his state to work round the clock to deliver Peter Obi at the polls in 2023 .
According to him Peter Obi’s victory will Emancipate the people of Nigeria saying he has inaugurated them to go and conquer
He added that they must dig deep to deliver this nation saying that over the years Nigeria has been mismanaged stressful that they must make sure this nation is redeemed.
He hoped that members of the state campaign team will make the difference by the results that will come out during the election in favour of their presidential candidate .
Dr Bako added that members of the campaign team cut across all the stratas in the state.
According to him labour party is fully on ground on the Plateau and that those who think labour is not on ground in the state will be shocked on the day of election.
He added that Peter Obi campaign train is moving round the county and receiving massive endorsement from the people saying the party is getting better by the day .
He added that they will deliver North central North West and North east for Peter Obi adding that they are not talking but working everyday because Nigerians are giving them their support .
He also added that Nigerians are sacrificing their resources to support the party across the country.
The head of the inaugurated Presidentialcampaign council in the state,Dr Haruna Dabin on his part,said the structure of Peter Obi is the people down to the polling units .
According to him, the use of the electronic device Bvars in the next election will solve all this issues of structure saying the people of Nigeria will willingly give Peter Obi votes at the polling units and defend it from being manipulated .
Ahead of the 2023 general elections across the country, Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial district at the National assembly Prof Nora Ladi Daduut, has commenced grassroots mobilisation for All Progressives Congress in rural communities of Plateau South Senatorial district.
Senator Dadu’ut while sensitizing women in her Senatorial district, said the aim of this initiative was to mobilize and garner support for the Presidential Candidate of APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Governorship candidate of the APC in Plateau Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Governor Simon Lalong, Idris Maje for Wase Federal constiuency, and other candidates of the APC at the 2023 general elections on the Plateau state..
Senator Dadu’ut a member of the TINUBU/SHETTIMA Women Presidential Campaign team assigned to the strategic Planning Directorate said “We have constituted a team in the six local government councils of our district that would go round to the rural areas to ensure victory for our party in the forthcoming polls.”
Senator Daduut who was represented at the event by her Legislative aide Hon. Rufina Gurumyen, said “We have commenced a door-to-door campaign for the success of Ahmed Tinubu/ Kashim Shettima and our candidates in the APC for the 2023 general elections.”
According to her,Tinubu’s wealth of experience is needed to move the country forward.
“We have the best Candidates in the APC, and we would mobilize our women, Youths and elderly to vote the APC from top to bottom.”
Dadu’ut added that she is committed to the victory of Tinubu/Shettima and all APC candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
“Tinubu/Shettima are tested and trusted, and their combination offers renewed hope for the citizenry. It will ensure our today and assure us of our tomorrow.
“Tinubu is a good leader to follow. As he did in Lagos, we are sure that he will do more for Nigeria,” he said.
Senator Daduut added that “we have assumed the role of apostles by going out there to preach to people to vote our party candidates from top to bottom.
She added that “We would go out and market our Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu across our Senatorial zone as the man has the magic wand to take us to the promised land.
She appealed to Women and Youths in her Senatorial district who are yet to collect their PVCs to do so now so that they can vote massively for the party at all levels in 2023.
The Local Organising Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign flag off in Jos the Plateau State capital has expressed its gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, President and Chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates of party Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Kashim Shettima and the Executive Governor of Plateau State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, the Senate President Senator Ahmed Lawan, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila for making the epoch event a memorable one and eventful.
Chairman of the LOC, the Deputy speaker of House of Representatives Hon Ahmed Idris Wase in a statement of appreciation made available to Daily Independent in Jos, also commended Members of the National Assembly, All Progressive Congress Governors, Members of the Federal Executive Council, Members of the Presidential Campaign Council, Patrons and Stakeholders of the Presidential Campaign Council and esteemed party members and supporters and as well, the creative industry including all security agencies, Civil Liberty organisations, gentlemen of the press and many others too numerous to mention for making the Presidential Campaign flag off in Jos on Tuesday 15th November a huge and monumental success.
“We remain highly indebted to you all for honouring us with your esteemed and distinguished presence which we shall continue to cherish for a very long time.”
Wase said the collective resolve by the APC family in Plateau state to massively vote to deliver all candidates of the All Progressives Congress at all levels received a great boost with their presence and show of love and passion for their great party.
The Deputy speaker who is an illustrious son of the state, thanked his party faithful in Plateau state for the hospitality demonstrated to their guests before, during and after the Presidential Campaign flag off.
According to him, Plateau State, indeed remains the true Home of Peace and Tourism.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Plateau State University, PLASU, Chapter, has Promised to do everything possible within the law to resist any action or inaction on the part of the Federal Government that lower standards in Nigerian public universities, and render them unattractive to international scholars.
The Union Chairman comrade Monday Hassan Zitta in a statement in Jos on Wednesday, notes that “the Federal Government may wish to assume that the resistance against it’s selfish interest in public university education is over”, as it vows that the Government’s hope of “ushering in an era of all privatized University system in the country where only the rich and powerful shall be opportune to attend University education will never see the light of day”.
The Union leader hinted his union struggle ” is to protest the casualization of Nigeria n Universities Academics”, pointing out that the struggle is beyond the lies, the deceits, the half truths, and mischievous diversions that are presented to the public”.
According to him, “the real reason we are fighting is not the withholding or prorating of salaries.
“These are issues that were mischievously introduced by the deliberate acts of delaying negotiations and discarding agreements signed by committees set up by the same Government”.
“the real issues are proper funding for public universities in Nigeria”, and proper “remuneration and better working conditions to make Nigerian Universities attractive to foreign scholars”.
“As it stands”, the Union concludes, “many scholars with the discipline and aptitude for the work are leaving the country because of the very poor working conditions for academics”.
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