The Plateau State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the list of caretaker committee members to run the affairs of…
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The governor-elect, who spoke on Tuesday while receiving a delegation of Tarok-speaking natives of Plateau State, said the state should not have suffered the crises it became noted for over the past decade if the people in government had taken full advantage of the many former top security chiefs that the state is blessed with
He pointedly declared that the great role they played in the last elections saved the state from tribalism allegedly introduced into the state politics by the administration of outgoing Governor Jonah Jang
The Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, who is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, declared the results in the early hours of Monday
This follows the emergence of the APC’s candidate for Saturday’s election, Barrister Simon Lalong, as the governor of the state
Lalong and Eunice Ayisa, among others seeking various elective posts on the platform of the APC had also met with the Benue communities made up of the Tiv, Idoma and Igede, to canvass support
Mu’azu was flanked by many community leaders, among whom were Musa Garba Izam, Shehu Ibrahim Masalla, Ambassador Ibrahim Kasai, Alhaji Alhassan Shuaibu, Ponzhi Nimmyel Nimsel, Nuru Abdullahi of MACBAN and others drawn from across the various Local Government Areas of the state
According to him: “I, the APC and my entire campaign organization congratulate the President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, on his success at the polls
According to him, Plateau State desires an inevitable change from the hands of what he termed a crude and lawlessness government of Governor Jonah Jang and give it to a leader that will restore justice, peace and ensure equitable distribution of state resources to citizen of the state
Lalong said for the entire period of Jang’s rulership of the state, it has been disappointment all the way
Lalong, the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, described the office as a “unity house” for the people of Plateau State
Lalong, who emerged victorious in Thursday’s APC gubernatorial primaries, is said to be a sponsored candidate of a former Governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye