Sunday 16 October 2016

GOV. SIMON LALONG HEADING TO THE US FOR A 4-DAY SYMPOSIUM



The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong would be among Nineteen Northern States’ Governors and Federal Government delegates that would  participating at the Northern Nigeria Governors symposium to be organized by the United States, Institute of Peace in Washington from the 18th – 21st of October, 2016.

The Symposium according to a Plateau State Government Press Release, dated, 15th October, 2016, signed by Mr. Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the State Governor, would organized by the Institute with the support of U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.

 The release added that, the Symposium would be focusing on strategies for post conflict stabilization and development in Northern Nigeria, as part of a Strategic programme of action to provide new frontiers of engagement and opportunity in order to address the disconnect between political power and development in Northern Nigeria.

“The United State Institute of Peace Senior Programme Officer for Nigeria Oge Onubogu has confirmed that as part of the programme, visiting Governors and the Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau will be meeting with Senior Officials from U.S. Government Public Agencies, to discuss project priorities for Northern Nigeria”.

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