- A political socio-cultural group has commended the governor of Plateau state for sustaining peace and security in the state
- The group said the state has suffered many setbacks in the hands of its leaders and specialised cabals leading to an era of incessant crisis in the state
- According to the group, the situation changed after Governor Lalong took over the seat of power in 2015
The people of Plateau state have been asked to throw their support for the present governor of the state, Simon Lalong, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 general election.
The Plateau Good Governance Project (PGGP), a political socio-cultural group, said the state had suffered many setbacks in the hands of its leaders and specialised cabals leading to an era of incessant crisis in the state.
The national president of PGGP, Lar Gowon, said the situation changed after Lalong mounted the seat of power in 2015.
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According to Gowon, insecurities in Plateau state has been pushed to the lowest ebb with residents and aborigines living together without traces of distrust and the fear of unhealthy association is a jinx which has been broken by Governor Simon Lalong Lalong; a man of peace, accountability and a sincere vendor of purposeful leadership.
he also said the organisation had embarked on a research centered on infrastructural development under Lalong’s watch and were able to identify key projects championed the governor.
“Governor Simon Lalong is a father figure and a silent achiever. Within this few years in office, he has been able to foster peace and unity, community development and security through a paradigm phase of mindset revolution without arm struggle," Gowon said.
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“We must commend the achievements of this big iroko and we have resolved in our close door meetings held with eleven other good governance seeking group to task him in a bid to do more. At this juncture, permit me to highlight the agreement fine-tune at the last joint consultative meeting championed by the Plateau Good Governance Project,” he said.
The leadership of the PGGP further unanimously resolved that Governor Lalong should be voted for a second term in office owing to his numerous achievements ably facilitated by our principal, which is ongoing an ongoing project.
“Governor Simon Lalong since the history of Plateau state is the only leader who never initiated his own projects by abandoning projects left behind by his predecessor.
"Rather, he has continued to initiate new reforms across the state at the same time completing abandoned projects left by his predecessor. As a group, we would not allow the fortunes of our State and the upcoming glory of revival to waste. Hence, a vote for Governor Simon Lalong in the forthcoming election is a vote for democracy," Gowon added.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Plateau state governor approved the recruitment of about 1, 661 new workers across the various cadres into the state’s civil service.
Chief Dajung Fompun, the chairman of the Plateau state civil service commission, in a press conference in Jos on Tuesday, November 27, said the recruitment would cut across several ministries in the state.
Some ministries approved for the vacancies include the ministry of education 161 non-teaching staff, Plateau hospital management board with 108; office of the head of the civil service (OHCS) with 77 and Plateau agricultural development programme (PADP) with 62 vacancies.
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