DIVERSIFY ON AGRICULTURE TO END ECONOMIC RECESSION -PASALI.

By Yunusa Abdullahi
The National Secretary General Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria Alhaji Danladi Garba Pasali has encourage Nigerians to diversify and embark on agricultural activities to end the lingering challenges of economic recession in the country. 

Garba Pasali made this known to newsmen at Leadership Institute Dan Daura Street Jos. He said people have abandon agriculture.  He maintains that Plateau state can cultivate rice and Irish potatoes which can feed the whole Nation extensively.

Pasali explained that over depending on oil led to the economic crack down in the country. He said Nigeria is wide and rich with natural endowment and challenge people to focus on diversification towards revamping the sector to grow our economy.

He reiterated that people should use agriculture and mineral resources to end the current economic recession in Nigeria.
He said deregulation of the oil industries is on course and new refineries are coming up that will help to minimize the petrol price when completed.

Adding that in few years to come the price of petrol will drop to less than 130 and 120 per litre. He warned that those filling stations found mitigating the petrol pump price liters should stop. Adding that anybody that is caught will be sanction and prosecuted.

2019: Plateau PDP musters stakeholders to reclaim power

Former governors, ministers, and stakeholders in Plateau State have pledged to bury their differences, in order to recapture power come 2019. This was to a large extent, as the People Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday 8, October, 2016 inaugurated Re-conciliatory Committee to appeal to all aggrieved Party members in the State.

The occasion was the first to host the heavy weights in the Plateau PDP, since after the 2015 general elections, especially Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, an ex-governor and founding member of the party. Another heavy weight who greeted the occasion was the immediate past governor, now Senator, Jonah David Jang. The event was the first to host the two heavy weights, who fell apart after the 2014 PDP governorship primary elections. Tapgun and Jang pleaded to party members to forget the past and focus on rebuilding the party to take back its rightful place in the State.

In his remark, Amb. Fedelis Tapgun said, “this is the first time I am appearing in any PDP Party activity, since after the December 8 governorship primary elections, that made me to work against the party by asking my followers to vote the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Gov. Simon Lalong. “Since then I have been on sabbatical, praying and asking God to forgive all of us for the injury we inflicted on the people of Plateau by allowing the APC to capture power. “We have all committed atrocities against the party, but I think God has forgiven us, as I am confident He has answered our prayers”, Tapgun said.

Also speaking at the occasion, Sen. Jang appealed to Party members to let go off every bitterness and lamentations, saying that what has happened, can only be changed with committed and strong Party faithfuls. He agreed to the fact that his action of imposition, brought about the down fall of the party, but said that God has forgiven them all, just as Amb. Tapgun has said. He said the Party is also getting it right at the National level, even as prominent Nigerians, such as the former Military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, are mediating in the crisis rocking the Party between the Ali Modu Sheriff faction and Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

Civil Society for Cancer Eradication in Nigeria (CiSCANEN) Plateau state gets pioneer EXCO

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Civil Society for Cancer Eradication in Nigeria (CiSCANEN) Plateau state gets pioneer Exco

The National Coordinator of Civil Society for Cancer Eradication in Nigeria (CiSCANEN) Mr. Elijah O, Elijah inaugurated it Plateau state chapter pioneer Exco on the 30^th 09, 2016, after a keenly contested election in Jos.

Among those elected and inaugurated to pioneer the affairs of CiSCANEN are: Mr. Yohanna Tokbish State Coordinator, Edwina Deputy State Coordinator. Mr. Dayo Felix Assistance Secretary, Mr. Wika Gofwen PRO, and Mrs. Esther Malo Welfare Secretary, while Mrs. Benedicter will serve as Financial Secretary, Mrs. Philomena Datu’ut Auditor, and Rachael Bature as Treasurer respectively.

The National Coordinator Mr. Elijah O, Elijah urged the newly inaugurated Exco and those who contested and lost to continue to work together because the fight against cancer is a very serious issue that all hands must be put on desk to reverse it devastating effects.

Mr. Elijah described the state coordinator Mr. Yohana Tokbish as a versatile and hard working person, who has shown a commitment in the fight against cancer. He equally appreciated the effort of the Member Plateau State House of Assembly, House Committee Chairman on Health Hon Siman, for his effort in putting the state in the frontline.

Mr. Jinung called on the Exco to be committed, as the fight against is a various serious issue considering it distressing effect, most especially on the Plateau. He said cancer has been in Nigeria for over 40 years but nothing had been done, making it a very serious battle ground.

The state coordinator of (CiSCANEN) Mr. Yohanna Tokbish said considering the alarming rate of cancer deaths and related illness in state necessitate their mobilization of interested civil society organizations (CSO) to forming a common ground to find ways of enlighten the people on menace of cancer in the state and the country atlarge. He said cancer is curable and avoidable only if dictated early.

Tokbish said people perish because of lack of knowledge, therefore, we set up Plateau state CiSCANEN to enlightened the people on the need for them to be screen and also educated them on how to prevent themselves from contracting the disease.

In brief

The recent alarm on rising global incidence of cancer by the World Health Organisation (WHO) should worry African countries, including Nigeria, where the disease is most prevalent. Available statistics show that cancer killed 7.6 million persons in 2008 worldwide, and there is indication that the figure could double to 13 million by 2030. According to WHO, cancer accounts for 13 percent of all deaths registered globally and 70 percent of that figure occurs in middle and low income countries. In Nigeria, about 10,000 cancer deaths are recorded annually while 250,000 new cases are recorded yearly. It is also worrisome that only 17 percent of African countries are said to have sufficiently funded cancer control programmes, while less than half of all countries in the world have functional plans to prevent the disease and provide treatment and care to patients. WHO indicates that the shortage of functional cancer control plans is especially alarming in developing countries, which already account for more than two-thirds of the new cancer cases and deaths each year. The situation might get worse in metropolitan areas of the developing world as populations age and increasingly feel the impact of exposure to major risk factors such as tobacco, certain chemicals and infections.