Lalong said this while speaking to State House correspondents after he formally presented Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, the All Progressives Congress’s gubernatorial candidate in Ondo State, to President Buhari
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The former deputy governor, who appreciated President Buhari for the honour, said her name was not included on the list of nominees and was surprised when the announcement was made
He also implored the citizens of the state to keep an abiding faith with the sincerity that the government will come out of the current recession
Gonap told the News Agency of Nigeria that the recruitment became necessary and would cushion the long existed inadequacy of extension workers in the state
The Governor made this known on Saturday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mark Longyen, at the 12th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference
You know the Bible says that the devil moves to and fro, looking for whom to devour. Suddenly the opposition who had been in the cold for over a year ago to lick their bloody wounds of defeat after being thrown out of power had to find something doing. You don’t blame them, many of them are jobless individuals who have been surviving on the crumbs from PDP politicians, so now for lack of something doing, as they say, an idle mind is the devil’s workshop, they go about looking for such opportunities to deceive the people by rubbishing the good policies of government by making noise to send wrong signals to the citizens of the state
Lalong made this known through the Plateau State Commissioner of Finance, Hon. Tamwakat Weli, in Jos on Monday, while briefing newsmen in her office
The Commissioner for Tourism, Peter Mwankon, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the prime beast was named after the State Governor, Simon Lalong, in appreciation of his commitment to the tourism sub-sector of the state’s economy
The President of the NGO, who disclosed this on Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting organized by Search for Common Ground to create more awareness on the grazing policy, said dialogue on the grazing ranch and peaceful resolution between government and communities remain the best options
He said: “On our part, we are taking this seriously and we have advised the Commissioner for Information to also start processing for the advantage of the citizenry here on the Plateau because even if they cannot afford (to acquire the boxes), we are preparing to subsidize for them.”
But reacting to the reports in a statement issued on Sunday night, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mark Longyen, said a Hilux vehicle belonging to Mikang Local Government Divisional Police Command, which was providing additional security during Lalong’s visit to the area, was actually involved in the accident and not the Governor’s convoy
Governor Lalong, at a media parley on Saturday night as part of activities marking the first year of his administration and the All Progressives Congress-led government in Nigeria, said various policies were being introduced at various levels of government for the greater benefits of Nigerians
Lalong said the 2016 Budget, tagged: “Budget of Rescue and Hope,” is unique and nationally in tune with the zero-based budgeting principle, whereby total revenue equals total projected expenditure
The Eagle Online investigation on the level of preparedness of the Plateau State Government to comply with the Federal Government’s desire to reposition agriculture shows that there is much left to be desired
Presiding over the plenary, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Peter Atang Azi, commended the appropriation committee for doing a thorough job and tasked the executive arm on transparency
He said the Buhari administration inherited myriads of problems, adding that herdsmen/farmers clashes was just one of such problems and urged the people to be patient
Ezekiel told the Eagle Online that Ric Rock Construction Company, which is the highest indigenous employer of labour in Plateau State, is now compelled to layoff some of its workers due to lack of patronage from the All Progressives Congress-led government in Plateau State
Speaking at the event, the state Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, appealed to Muslim and Christian worshipers to centre their preachings on issues that can promote unity and peaceful coexistence rather than creating problems for the government
The executive members of the Catholic Laity council had earlier paid courtesy call on the Chairman Plateau state council of chiefs, His Majesty, Da Jecob GYANG Buba and the executive Governor Rt Hon. Simon Bakon Lalong to fomally invite them for the progamme and intimate them on the workings of the organization
According to him, the money, which had hitherto been missing, was traced to some accounts in the state and have been recovered