In a congratulatory message issued by his Director of Press, Bulus Atang, on Saturday in Jos, the speaker described Gowon as a “rare gem”.
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Governor Simon Lalong has congratulated Yakubu Sanda, member-elect for Pengana Constituency of Plateau House of Assembly on his victory in the by-election held on August 3.
Abok Ayuba, a 33-year-old law student on Monday, emerged as Speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Ezekiel Afon, the lawmaker representing Pengana Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly, has died hours after he was re-elected to represent the constituency.
The police, which confirmed the development on Sunday, said two security personnel at Gate 4 of the Teaching Hospital were also injured
Chris Ahmadu, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Jos, while briefing newsmen after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Simon Lalong
The development was made known by the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, who said President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed him to bring Abubakar to Abuja for “a handshake and national honour”
This followed a communication by Governor Simon Lalong, requesting the House to extend the committees’ tenure, and read at plenary by the Speaker, Peter Azi.
Gyendeng said this in an interview with The PUNCH on Sunday.
Lalong said in Jos that the budget showed an increase of N918 million, which represented 0.63 per cent from the initial N145.5 billion, presented to the state Assembly on December 20, 2017.
The legislators, in their first reaction to the violence that claimed 21 lives and left several others injured, condemned the attack, saying that fishing out its perpetrators and prosecuting them would guard against a recurrence.
A statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, John T. Akans, said the matter has been filed on the July 19, 2017 in pursuant to the party’s resolve and commitment to ensure that democracy is deeply rooted in the nation and adherence to democratic tenets
A statement issued by the State’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Emmanuel Nanle, said the Chairmen and Management Committee Members are to immediately hand over the running of affairs of the Local Government Councils to the Directors of Personnel Management pending further actions in line with the provision of law
He said he had always been an advocate for Local Government autonomy
Gagdi, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Jos, shortly after he was impeached, said his colleagues’ action was “part of democracy”
The sacked councillors, through their counsel, Gyang Zi, had sued Lalong, the Plateau State Attorney General and the State House of Assembly over their removal from office
The Permanent Secretary in the Commission, Henry Lankwap, stated this in Jos while defending its 2017 budget before the House of Assembly Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs
The Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Gagdi, spoke in Jos when the Head of Service, Atang Izam, led senior officers to defend his office’s 2017 budget before the House Committee on Appropriation
This followed a motion on adjournment moved by the Assembly’s Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Gagdi, at Tuesday’s plenary
The lawmaker said the tenure extension is for the institutions of the Local Government Councils and not for the persons occupying the offices