BABA JANG PREPOSTEROUS OUTBURST AT JAY FM.

 

Walbe Orgak

It is a common saying that what an elder sees while sitting down even if a youth climbs an Iroko tree he
will not see, therefore, the younger ones in this part of the world have been taught to Respect and learn from elders, and for them to succeed in life they must listen and absorb from their decades of wisdom.

However, the outburst of Baba Jang at Jay FM recently seems to be redefining my perception of elders.

True to be told Baba Jang is a household name and role model for modern Plateau after the likes of JD Gomwalk and Baba Lar; he became governor when all hopes seemed to have been lost and transform the state to some level of exceptional development.

But sadly, the once respected elder at Jay Fm speaks to the whole and casts aspersions on governor Lalong, simply because, he is supporting a different gubernatorial candidate, is Dara telling us that he is no longer our father? Considering his age, wisdom, and exposure Instead of him being a rallying point for all the contestants, he is creating a boundary between; should fighting break out amongst them who will bring them to the round table? One would be wondering and asking myself why and when will Plateau elders see Plateau State beyond politics and keep a long uniting legacy for the generations to come.

One would have thought that by now Dara should have been seeing all Plateau people as his brothers and sisters and children as an elder statesman and a former governor and senator. Moreso, he could have learned from his mistakes of 2015 and is willing to correct them by uniting all Plateau people regardless of ethnicity, religion, or denomination.

Those of us who witnessed 2015 can testify that there was a great growing division across tribal and ethnic lines that was deliberately created with the imposition of GNS Pwajok of blessed memory on the Plateau,  it was indeed devastating and alarming.

There was a total lack of sensitivity and disregard for the feelings of over fifty ethnic groups in the state by Baba Jang, who arrogantly considered bringing in a Berom to succeed him after spending eight years in office. That was devilish discriminatory.

However, the Plateau people responded accordingly, and in the name and spirit of the Plateau project governor, Lalong was elected. And now at Jay FM Jang would be telling Plateau people that they brought in the wrong person as a Governor. How? This shows that #Baba Jang has not repented or learned from his mistakes, and if given the chance he will repeat them again, no wonder, he single-handedly brought Caleb Mutfwang and Piyo against a lot of people's wishes in the PDP and disregards other Christian denominations.  The COCIN COCIN ticket of the candidates shows a lack of sensitivity and wisdom in carrying everybody along.

Baba Jang's outburst that Lalong did nothing in eight years shows how desperate he is in trying to shamelessly discredit or defamed Governor, Lalong, at least he has completed over twenty projects he met unfinished, also erected the overhead bridge in British American junction following are some of the projects: Completion of Mararaban Jama’a-British America Junction Road inherited from the previous administration, Completion of Secretariat flyover bridge inherited from the previous administration, Completion of Bukuru Kugiya, Angwan Doki road, Jos South, Construction of British American Flyover and Dualisation to Lamingo Junction Roundabout and installation of street lights, Constructed ultra-modern Plateau High Court Headquarters Complex Jos, Remodeling, Construction and Fencing of Magistrate Court West of Mines Jos, Construction of Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre Jos, Construction of Shendam Bye-pass, Internal Road Networks and Bridges,

Others are Remodeling and Construction of NUJ Secretariat Complex Jos, Installation of street lights across the Jos-Bukuru Metropolis (over 90km), Construction of Rantya Road network Jos South LGA, Construction of Wild Life-Rafiki Junction-Miango Road, Reconstruction of 40 township roads within Jos-Bukuru road, Rehabilitation and asphalting of 29 urban roads under Operation Zero Potholes, Construction of Longvel-Yelwa-Mato Junction-Taraba border road, Constructed Kalong Bridge and road approaches, Shendam LGA, Construction of Mangu-Gindiri-Lere Road with spur to Tongzong-Chanso & Gindiri Schools, Mangu LGA,  Ongoing Construction of Federe-Fobur-Angware Road (27km) Jos East LGA, Construction of Rukuba-Miango-Farin Lamba with Spur at Dochai and School of Accountancy, Construction of Europharm, Diye, Dakwol & Zarmaganda-Mazaram Road Network, Construction of Jos-Maza-Angware Road (10km) Jos East LGA, Ongoing Construction of Langtang-Garkawa-Yelwa-Shendam road with spur to Lalin (70km),  Completion of Dualisation of Old Airport-Rayfield-Government House with Spurs to Giring and Chang’opyang Jos South LGA amonst numerous others.

For an elder statesman who is supposed to be a rallying point for all should descend so low in the name of politics, does not speak well for the growth and development of the state and the country.  While, others are struggling to be relevant at the national level, our own to remain in the local level

He blame Lalong for bad Governance but Lalong was not seen appointing his brothers or children as baba did, Yakubu Jang held two positions during his father's regime, commissioner of special duties and also land and survey, it is alleged that Yakubu Jang company supplied blocks for the construction of the new a government house, what about the 10 billion that his administration claimed to have spent on the construction of the Zaria road stadium? What happens to Sure-P money today that needs to be accounted for? We can go on and on and on?

What about the welfare of the people, Lalong paid the inherited salary arrears of 8 months and also paid 4 months of withholding wages under the no-work-no-pay policy by the Governor Jang administration.

Lalong has a reputation for paying salaries every month and which earned him the name “Governor Alert” by the workers, received an award of excellence for the welfare of workers from the Joint Unions of State Owned Tertiary Institutions in Plateau State (JUPTI), Up-to-date in payment of pension to retirees, received Award by the National Executive Committee of NULGE for good governance and prompt payment of salaries including 4 months no work, no pay for Local Government Workers in Plateau State.

Governor Jang should note that nobody owns the copyright for mischief or propaganda, no matter how hard he tries to trick Plateau into thinking that a donkey is a Carmel, they will always see a donkey no matter how hard he tries to weep up sentiments, the new generation will always obediently remain focus and united, for to us it is not your religion, language or denominations that matter, it is your capacity, credibility, and intelligence that matter. Walbe Orgak