Gov. Lalong is committed to transforming the state into ICT Hobnob’-Hon Dalyop Dung

Daniel Dung Dalyop

The Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Plateau on ICT Hon. Daniel Dung Dalyop, commended the effort of the Plateau State Governor on transforming the state into an ICT Hobnob.

Speaking to Journalists at the main campus of Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi on Tuesday, during a one day symposium on ICT developing mobile solution to tertiary institutions across the state. Daniel Dung Dalyop encourages private and public sector investors in the state to key into the effort of Governor Lalong towards encouraging the development of ICT in the state.

He said the e-government platform encouraged by the state governor refers to the use of internet technology as a platform for exchange of information, providing e-services and e-transaction with citizen, business and other arms of government.

Dalyop reiterated further that Governor Lalong led administration has took a bolt step to partner with mobiles development solution to boost the innovation and earnings of youths in the state.
According to him, the workshop is aimed at exposing the knowledge and potential in developing applications which can connect communities for easy business transaction.
He added that,” our expert team of technology and business consultants are working round the clock to bring the variety of ICT knowledge and skills in addition to our industry in Nigeria and from around the world.
Dalyop explained that, Lalong government is poised to provide a conducive atmosphere for the private sector to grow regardless of the recession in the state and the country atlarge.
The chairman Plateau state Chapter of Nigeria Computer Society Silas Vem has advised youth group to enroll for further information technology in other to brace up with ICT in wealth creation.
He called on citizens of the country to take advantage of the technological development to create opportunities to address challenges that the current recession has created.
He said the major focus of Governor Lalong led administration is to mobilize the mandate of advanced development in ICT on the Plateau which is practice everywhere in the world today.
He said that this is an amazing opportunity most young ones are looking forward to seeing themselves Organize to stimulate the interest and exposing them.
Evem said, the one day symposium on ICT developing mobile solution to tertiary institutions across the state is to brainstorm on opportunities offered by ICT.
The keynote address by Prof. Tanko Ishaya said that the youth should take advantage of the technology advancement to improve their livelihood.

 

The Ngolong Ngas of Pankshin and Kanke Joint Traditional Council Passes on

News reaching Grassroots News  Nigeria indicates that the Pankshin and Kanke Joint Traditional Council have announced the death of its Acting President, the Ngolong Ngas, Chief Cyril Adams.

Speaking, the Management Committee Chairman of Pankshin LGA, Mr Stephen Jings, said: “We lost our paramount ruler on Jan. 1 at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) after a protracted illness.

“It is indeed a great loss to the people of Ngas but we give God the glory for the life he lived and the role he played in sustaining peace among the people,” he said.

News reaching Grassroots News Nigeria Suggests that the burial arrangements are being made by the Ngas people within Kanke and Pankshin Local Governments Areas according to local rights.

Chief Alexander Mwolwus, former Special Adviser on Political Matters to former governor, Jonah Jang, also confirmed the death of the traditional ruler.

“The death of the paramount ruler has created a great vacuum not only in Ngas land, but in Plateau as a whole,” Mwolwus said.

Adams was enthroned as the Da Weila of Fier District in 1970.

He was selected as the Acting President of Pankshin and Kanke Joint Traditional Council on Sept. 21, 2015 after the demise of Late Ngolong Ngas, Chief Joshua Dimlong, in 2015.

PDP Elders boycott Hon Timothy Golu stakeholders meeting and medical outreach

The Political rumble in Pankshin Kanam and Kanke Federal constituency of Plateau central went berserk today, as stakeholders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) boycotted meeting scheduled by member representing the Area, Hon. Timothy Golu.

The familiarization meeting organized for stakeholders of the PDP turned out that Elders and party supporters shunned event. because of his highhandedness in handling post congress election disputes, and also engaging in open confrontation with some key members of the party in his local government.

Hon. Golu had wanted to takeover total control of Kanke PDP party leadership ahead of 2019 general election, a situation that pitched him against other politicians who are also yearning to aspire for political offices.

An elder who spoke in anonymity said, why would Hon. Golu organized such a big and important event without firsts putting his house in order, he is either insensitive to political issues in his local government or the medical outreach is a smokescreen desperately carried out to divert attention from the main issues.

Information available to this medium revealed that, Hon Golu constituents members refused to avail themselves for the free medical outreach organized by his coordinators in   Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam (pkk) on Saturday.

The flag-off is slated was slated today at the General hospital Pankshin was slated to last for three days, but it eventually witnessed low turnout of persons.

It was  gathered that the recent decamping of top politicians  from the PKK especially former Governor Joshua Dariye and Deputy Speaker ,Rt Hon Yusuf Babayo Gagdi  have threatened the reelection of Hon Timothy Golu in 2019.

De-grassroots news source disclosed that Hon Yusuf Gagdi decamping was penciled by APC leadership to gun for the House of Representative seat while Senator Joshua Dariye will eye the senatorial seat come 2019.

Stakeholders in PKK Local Government Areas are of the strong views that Hon. Golu performances don’t warrant him to be reelected for the second time.

The group lamented that since Hon Golu was elected on the platform of PDP about 20 months now the people of his constituents are yet to feel the impact of democracy dividends.

They explained further that, the member has gone into limbo that nobody heard him on media or on the floor of the house which is a clear incident of abandoning the people of PKK.

POLITICAL JITTERY, AS CHIEF NANYAH DAMAN, CHAIRS NEW MEGA PARTY IN PLATEAU STATE

Chief Andrew Nanyah Daman has emerged as the Interim Chairman of the new Action Democratic Party (ADP) an off shoot of the long anticipated Mega Party in Plateau State.

Chief Nanyah, who confirmed this development to REALTY in a telephone conversation today, said the decision to make him Interim Chairman, was taken in a meeting held by the party’s stakeholders on December 26^th 2016. 

REALITY also just gathered that most political parties and politicians in the state are already jittery, knowing the political clout of the Chief.

You would recall that, Chief Nanyah Daman, as a journalist and Newspaper Publisher in the state, has been a strong voice of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) immediately after the party lost the governorship seat to the ruling All Progressive Congress APC In the state. 

It is of note that the ADP has as its ideology, to bring power back to the youths and the masses in the country. 

More on the names of those that made the EXCO of the party in the state and why Chief Nanyah was selected to head the party in an interim capacity, coming soon!

Jonathan Ishaku, a victim of the inpunity

Former General Manager, Plateau Publishing Corporation (PPC), Publishers of The Nigeria Standard and Sunday Standard newspapers, Mr. Jonathan Ishaku, became a victim of the immediate past administration because of his insistence for contract's due process to be followed.

This came to light at the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the immediate past administration activities sitting at Azi Nyako Youth Centre Dadin-Kowa in Jos, when he was invited to appear before the commission to explain his role in the purchase of City Line Express Machine to PPC.

While narrating his inexplicable suspension as GM on the 1st of May, 2014, Ishaku said, on assumption of office in 2009, there was a proposal by one Turac Investment for the purchase of one Machine called DGM Press at the cost of N396,000,000 that time, but on market survey, they found out that the Machine was already defunct and the company has been sold off.

According to him, in purchasing a press, cares ought to be taken interms of durability and availability of spare parts for the maintenance skills, hence what informed their market survey which they discovered that, the machine was not in existence in the publishing industry in Nigeria and has been faced out.

He said, "so, I wrote a Memo to the then Governor suggesting the most current machine in the market called City Line Express. The City Line Express, at that time was only One hundred and Fifty Million Naira, but there was no further discussion on it until 2011 when I was asked to forward again a request which I did.

"We requested the Manufacturer Representative in Lagos to forward the current price which was 1.5 million dollar (N228,000,000) and we attached it to Ministry of Information and the Commissioner now wrote to the Governor, dated 15th August, 2011 and was approved by Governor Jonah Jang on 3rd February, 2012 but petitioned by the first contractor.

" When I was asked to explain why we did not consider his proposal, I explained why that machine was not suitable; 1. The Manufacturers have been faced out. 2. The City Line Express is the most popular Machine in Nigeria now-many spare parts are available both locally and internationally and many newspapers have it and are maintaining it. I explained that to the Ministry, the Suspended GM explained.

However, while the process of MoU was being drown up with all the taxes and contractual obligations by the Indian representative were carried, the then Commissioner for Information and Commissioner, Pastor Yiljap Abraham, later announced to him that, the Governor have cancelled it because they understood that it was a small machine.

Ishaku, revealed to the Commission that similar machine and other items were advertised again and same machine was eventually, purchased at the cost of N378,500,000 against Turac Investment's initial cost of  N227,000,000 using the same specification.

To explain why the newspapers are Still not on circulation, the former GM said, " I left the office on May 1st, 2014 when I was forced out of office because I insisted that the contractor should follow our terms of contract. Even, certain aspects of the contract were bridged among which, was the resistance I mounted on the award of Pre-Press (Computer Plate Machine)."

Meanwhile, the Commission has ordered the Contractor, former Commissioner, former DFS, former Cashier and those said to be trained to appear before its sitting at the Azi Nyako Youth Centre Dadin-kowa Jos, to explain their various roles.

Hon Saleh seeks for synergy from the people of his constituency

Member representing Dengi constituency in Plateau state House of Assembly, Hon Saleh Shehu Yipmong has called for synergy and collaboration amongst members of constituency, for good development .
Hon.Yipmong made this called on Thursday on a courtesy call to his office by members of the Old students of  Government Secondary school Langtang .
He express hope that they will continue to support him so that together they can be able to succeed in delivery quality representation to the people of his constituents.
According him, his election into the House of Assembly was a great privilege which can come to anyone of them as the will of God .
Yipmong urged the old boys and all members of his constituency to support all the policies of the present administration of Governor Simon Lalong for the good development of Dengi and Plateau state in general.
The Langtang Old Boys Association in Plateau state has drummed support to the Member representing Dengi constituency, Hon Saleh Shehu Yipmong for landslides victory in the 2015 general polls.
The spokesman, Alh Ibrahim Usman Kuka encouraged the member to remain resolute and focus more on providing dividends of democracy to the people of his constituents.
The Government Secondary School Old Boys Association urged the Hon Saleh Yipmong to be good ambassador of the college and remain focus
He promised the member of their unalloyed support to ensure that he grow in his political career and remain unbiased while dealing with the general public.
Kuka expressed happiness that this courtesy calls would herald their confidence and rekindle the old relationship when they were still in form one.

Ignatius Longjan, Joshua Dariye, Arc. Pam Dung Gyang and others dump PDP for APC

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, at a ceremony in Jos on Wednesday, formally received former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye; a former deputy governor of the state, Ignatius Longjan; and a reported crowd of 343,190 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state into the APC.

While Mr. Dariye, who was governor of the state between 1999 and 2007, had announced his defection into the APC since September, the decision of the others to change camp was made public only recently.

Mr. Dariye was last year elected to the Senate on the platform of the PDP.

Other prominent politicians among the defectors were a former Deputy Governor, Jethro Akun; 2015 governorship aspirant, Jimmy Cheto; serving deputy speaker of the state assembly, Yusuf Garga; 2011 governorship aspirant, Pam Dung Gyang; former state PDP chairman, Maichibi Vwarji; and former Jos North local government council chairman, Daladi Atu.

Receiving the defectors, Mr. Oyegun assured them of full membership status as party faithful.

“The rescue mission of Governor Simon Lalong has just begun rescuing Plateau people into the APC”, Mr. Oyegun said at the ceremony.

Speaking on the economic recession, the APC national chairman appealed to Nigerians to endure the situation, stating that economic hardship will be history by the end of 2017.

“By this time next year, you will start having cause to smile and thank President Buhari for the good works he is doing. President Buhari does not talk much, but he is an action man.”

In his remarks at the ceremony, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, described the move of the former PDP stalwarts into APC as a homecoming.

“For me, these personalities who just joined us in the APC only returned home, and we will embrace them in warm reception,” Mr. Dogara said.

He also pleaded with Nigerians to bear the current economic hardship, stressing that the President Buhari-led APC administration has the capacity to resolve the economic crisis.

Mr. Dogara said the 2017 Budget at the national level will end the hardship of Nigerians.

In his address, Governor Lalong said with the arrival of the PDP stalwarts in his party, political opposition had ended in Plateau State.

The ceremony was attended by the north-central zonal chairman of the APC, Zakari Idde; Plateau State Deputy Governor, Sonni Tyoden; and state APC chairman, Letep Dabang.