PANKSHIN-LANKAN ROAD NOW INACCESSIBLE AS RAIN WASHES IT AWAY. 27-6-2022The Mupun Cultural And Development Association,MUCDA has cried out to the Plateau State Government to quickly intervene as the only road accessed by the people from Pankshin through Lankan and other Mupun villages has been washed away making the road inaccessible.MUCDA National President,Pedro Ardiyel Dafur made the plea after accessing level of damage done to the road as a result of the torrential rainfall which occurred on friday twenty fourthJune 2022.He said the level of damage done to the road is one that only Government can handle as the communities for sometime have tried to make the road motorable by fixing damaged parts of the road as they get affected.The MUCDA President said with the damage done to the road,over fifteen villages will not be able to access Pankshin town,headquarters of the LG until they go through Panyam while those within the hinterlands of the Lankan axis are stocked in the village because of the nature of the damage to the road.According to him,the people are bearing the brunts of the devastating damage done to the only road being managed in the area as movement of farm inputs have become near impossible as people have to walk long distances with them in other to access farms as well as their destinations.Pedro Dafur therefore called on Government to come to the aid of the Mupun Nation so as to return the road to a manageable state for accessibility.KENZY NGUPARNATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARYMUCDA

PANKSHIN-LANKAN ROAD NOW INACCESSIBLE AS RAIN WASHES IT AWAY. 

The Mupun Cultural And Development Association,MUCDA has cried out to the Plateau State Government to quickly intervene as the only road accessed by the people from Pankshin through Lankan and other Mupun villages has been washed away making the road inaccessible.

MUCDA National President,Pedro Ardiyel Dafur made the plea after accessing level of damage done to the road as a result of the torrential rainfall which occurred on friday twenty fourthJune 2022.

He said the level of damage done to the road is one that only Government can handle as the communities for sometime have tried to make the road motorable by fixing damaged parts of the road as they get affected.

The MUCDA President said with the damage done to the road,over fifteen villages will not be able to access Pankshin town,headquarters of the LG until they go through Panyam while those within the hinterlands of the Lankan axis are stocked in the village because of the nature of the damage to the road.

According to him,the people are bearing the brunts of the devastating damage done to the only road being managed in the area as movement of farm inputs have become near impossible as people have to walk long distances with them in other to access farms as well as their destinations.

Pedro Dafur therefore called on Government to come to the aid of the Mupun Nation so as to return the road to a manageable state for accessibility.

KENZY NGUPAR

NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY

MUCDA

HON. DA'A ENJOINS ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER DURING PUBLIC HOLIDAY

HON. DA'A ENJOINS ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO REGISTER DURING PUBLIC HOLIDAY

The Executive Chairman Qua'an-Pan Local Government Council of Plateau State, Hon. Ernest Abner Da'a has enjoined eligible voters in the area to take advantage of the 2 days public holiday in the State, to register and acquire their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs. 

Hon Da'a, who made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Stephen Sarki Musa, also called on them to continue to patronize the designated INEC Continuous Voters Registration Centers, for the registration exercise and cautioned them against waiting until the last minute.

"With the 2 days public holiday and the extension of time by INEC for the Continuous Voters Registration Exercise, I appeal to all eligible voters to turn out in their numbers to register and obtain their Permanent Voters Cards," the Chairman said.

He added that the advantages of obtaining the cards are numerous, as it creates opportunities for choices in the election of credible leaders in the 2023 and subsequent elections in the country.

"The only opportunity to elect credible leaders is for the electorate to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards. There should be no room for complain with the holidays and the extension," Hon. Da'a declared.

The Executive Chairman commended INEC for listening to the voices of the people by extending the period of the exercise and appealed to them to provide more facilities and personnel to meet up with the upsurge in the number of people coming out for the exercise.

He also called on traditional and religious leaders to join the various authorities of Government in educating and mobilizing their wards towards the success of the exercise.

Signed:

Stephen Sarki Musa

Special Adviser

Media and Public Affairs to the 

Chairman

Qua'an-Pan LGC 

Dated: June 26_2022

COME OUT AND REGISTER/UPDATE YOUR PVCS...LANGTANG SOUTH LG CHAIRMAN CALLS.

COME OUT AND REGISTER/UPDATE YOUR PVCS...LANGTANG SOUTH LG CHAIRMAN CALLS.

With the declaration of Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th June as public holidays to enable citizens participate in the ongoing voter registration in plateau state,The Executive Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Council,Hon Prince Vincent Venman Bulus is calling on all citizens of the area who are yet to obtain their PVCs or have one issue or the other to avail themselves of this window period and register as well as update their PVCs.

The activity will take place at locations spread across the entire LGA as such citizens of Langtang South Local Government area are to note and spare time to do that.

The Executive Chairman wishes to inform citizens that authorities of the Local Government is already in touch with INEC officials to ensure a hitch free exercise therefore the people are enjoined to give out their maximum cooperation to officials that will be conducting the exercise.

Remember it is a civic duty to register and vote so as to entrench good governance in our country.

HON PRINCE VINCENT VENMAN BULUS

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

LANGTANG SOUTH LGC.

WHY WE CAN'T RELEASE DARIYE,NYAME, OTHERS DESPITE PARDON.

WHY WE CAN'T RELEASE DARIYE,NYAME, OTHERS DESPITE PARDON.

Two months after they were granted state pardon, 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and a former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, have yet to be released, Sunday PUNCH has learnt.

The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on April 14 approved the pardon of the convicts, a decision which generated outcries.

Nyame is serving a 12-year jail sentence for diverting N1.64 billion during his tenure as governor of Taraba, while  Dariye is serving 10 years’ imprisonment for N1.126 billion fraud.

But while justifying the clemency, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, Garba Shehu, had said it would have been insensitive for the President not to pardon the duo, saying that they had life-threatening illnesses.

However, checks by our correspondent on Friday revealed that the two and others granted the state pardon were still in custody.

When contacted about why the two former governors were still in their custody, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abubakar Umar, explained that the NCS was not responsible for the delay.

According to him, the duo could not be released by correctional service until a correspondence from the Ministry of Justice stating so was received.

 

*Umar said, “Why they have not been released is because we are still waiting for correspondence from the Ministry of Justice. The moment we get that, we will effect their release. It is a presidential pardon, no doubt, but there must be a document to back their release. They can’t be released on pronouncement alone.”*

Efforts to get the reaction of the ministry, through the media aide of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Umar Gwandu, were not successful. He didn’t pick up several calls to his line and had yet to respond to a text message sent to him on the matter.

Meanwhile, there is palpable anger in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State over the non-release of Dariye from the correctional centre.

*Some kinsmens of Dariye, who served as a governor between 1999 and 2007 and hails from Mushere community in the Bokkos LGA, condemned how the Federal Government was handling his matter, describing his continued detention as strange.*

DAYYABU GARGA DIRECTS APPOINTEES TO COLLABORATE WITH ELECTED OFFICERS,ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL VOTER REGISTRATION

DAYYABU GARGA DIRECTS APPOINTEES TO COLLABORATE WITH ELECTED OFFICERS,ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL VOTER REGISTRATION.

In other to keep to the directive of his The Excellency Governor, Simon Bako Lalong declaring monday and tuesday next week as work free days in Plateau State,Executive Chairman of Kanam Local Government Council,,Dayyabu Yusuf Garga has directed all appointees of the LGA to move down to the grassroots and mobilize unregistered voters so as to have a smooth exercise.

He has further directed them to work in close synergy with elected and other stakeholders to ensure people are educated and mobilized on the need to have their permanent voters cards as the next general elections approaches.

Thus he has also directed staff of the Local Government Council to utilize the period granted by Government to register or ensure they are up to date with their registrations by addressing any other issue they have with their PVCs as that will guarantee their participation in choosing leaders tomorrow.

According to the Council Chairman "We cannot allow this opportunity to slip off our hands as His Excellency The Governor has harkened to the cry of electorates in the State by granting this request,Kanam is one LGA that from reports still has quite a number of people that have not registered,have reached voting age or have one or two issues to rectify in respect of their PVS as such we are working closely with INEC to see that the exercise is successful in Kanam.I will keep a close look and create the enabling environment for the agency to attend to our people seamlessly".

He added that he will personally lead a team that will supervise the event within the two days specified by Government.

He called on religious and traditional leaders to further educate their subjects to cash in on this opportunity and get registered as it is also a civic duty towards entrenching good governance in our society.

Dayyabu Garga called for mass sensitization to citizens of Kanam to know that the exercise is not a fresh registration rather a continuous one for those who had never been registered or those who may have issues with their registration processes warning that double registration will be detected by the machines and such person's votes rejected by the machines during voting.

He then warned staff that the authority will not condone those who would not take advantage of this window period but only to begin exempting themselves from work under the guise of going to get registered saying such acts will not go without appropriate sanctions.

WALGON CONGRATULATES LANGTANG SOUTH CHAIRMAN ON HIS EMERGENCE AS FLAG BEARER.

WALGON CONGRATULATES LANGTANG SOUTH CHAIRMAN ON HIS EMERGENCE AS FLAG BEARER.

Executive Chairman of Langtang South Local Government,Prince Vincent Venman Bulus has been charged to continue to accord women their rightful place as he carries out his political activities.

Wives of Local Government Chairmen in Plateau State through their umbrella body WALGON ,stated this when they paid a congratulatory visit to the Chairman over his emergence as flag bearer of the APC for Langtang North and Langtang South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.

Speaking during the congratulatory visit,WALGON Chairperson in Plateau State,Regina Na'antuan said Prince Venman's track records has placed him in the hearts of the people as such his emergence did not come to them as a surprised.

Regina Na'antuam who is also wife of the Executive Chairman of Shendam Local Government Council and ALGON Chairman in the State,Miskoom Alex Na'antuam said the visit was unique as two of the serving LGA Chairmen emerged flag bearers therefore the need for them be identified with and supported as they go into the general elections.

She assured the Chairman of their willingness to mobilize women to throw in their support for them as they believe they will carry women along.

Responding,Executive Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Council and flag bearer for the Langtang North and South Federal Constituency under the APC,Prince Vincent Venman Bulus thanked wives of Local Government Chairmen for the visit which he described as historic and encouraging.

He said women are key in every sphere of governance that is why he chose a woman to be his running mate and today she is the Deputy Chairman of Langtang South LGC.

Venman Bulus commended the women for their steadfastness pointing out that he is ever ready to go into the contest as he has a clear blueprint for the constituency and will do everything possible to keep to it.

He the promised to work with them onwards so as to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

The congratulatory visit was one of those visits by the Association to flag bearers of the party from among the Local Government Chairmen who contested.

DAYYABU YUSUF GARGA:HIS MIDAS TOUCH AND UNITY IN KANAM

DAYYABU YUSUF GARGA:HIS MIDAS TOUCH AND UNITY IN KANAM.

PART ONE-

In building the bridges of peace and unity,one must bring to the fore the realities of issues as they are and evolve means of addressing them.

This was the strategy Hon.Dr.Dayyabu Yusuf Garga has used to return Kanam LGA and its people to a center point which today has been termed a referral point by other LGAs in plateau state and beyond.

For those conversant with the diverse nature religiously,politically and culturally of the people of Kanam then indeed will know leading such an LGA requires a very sound and intellectual person without an inch of bias in him.

Dr.Dayyabu Yusuf Garga,the Walin Garga and Galadiman Jhar no doubt very conversant with such dynamics immediately delved into addressing those salient issues of diversity when he assumed office after his election and subsequent swearing in.

So much to say that he toured the nooks and crannies of the LGA and interfaced with the various interests with the aim of once more having first hand knowledge of the challenges as well as wishes and aspirations of his people.

His constant interactions with the people at the grassroots brought out the immediate and desired needs of his people which today can be seen being addressed gradually and to the joy of the people.

Not deterred by the set back as a result of the recent attack on his people where over one hundred lives were lost with a span of 24hrs,Hon Dayyabu Yusuf Garga stood as a pillar to rally round by his people who were in grief and offered his shoulder for them to cry on.

His ability to mobilize leaders across political,religious and ethnic divides thereby leading to a "ONE KANAM" brought about so much succor to the people who today are back on their feet and looking forward to a bright future.

In his words "I took an oath of office to protect my people the best way I can so I will stop at nothing to ensure I do that which I swore to which is to stand by my people through thick and thin".

Today politically Kanam people most especially of the APC divide can best ne described as a solid rock that cannot be divided with the understanding and resolve to clear the barriers of division and closing of ranks between major power blocks.

Kanam LGA has today politically become the envy of all and a darling for politicians as it will be a major area in delivering block votes to everyone who desires to be ahead politically.

Today with development being spread across the area despite lean resources,Kanam as the pride of all will continue to define itself among the comity of LGAs.

MOHAMMED YUSUFU KANAM.

SPECIAL ADVISER

INFORMATION AND PROTOCOL TO THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN,KANAM LGC