GAGDI RECEIVES MORE GROUPS ON SOLIDARITY:DISCUSSES WAYS FOWARD FOR PKK.
More groups have continued to show solidarity and identify with the giant strides of the Member Representing Pankshin,Kanke,Kanam in the National Assembly,Yusuf Adamu Gagdi.
The groups who thronged the office of the Lawmaker,located within the Premises of the Gagdi Support Foundation on Yingi Rayfield Road at intervals gave encomiums on developments so far undertaken by the lawmaker which has endeared him to the people within and even outside his constituency.
Leaders of the different groups pointed at the various empowerment Programmes carried out in the constituency as well as the massive construction of clinics,town halls,palaces,police stations,schools and more which are spread across the three LGAs that make up the constituency.
They said they were there to identify with Yusuf Gagdi because at no time had PKK had it this good.They said he has shown uncommon zeal to represent his constituency which all can attest to by his sterling performance on the floor of the house of representatives.
The groups re-echoed their firm believe to work assiduously and ensure the return of the lawmaker to the National Assembly so he could continue the good work already going on.
Responding to the groups separately,the Member Representing Pankshin,Kanke,Kanam Federal Constituency in the National Assembly,Rt.Hon.Yusuf Adamu Gagdi,thanked them for the visits pointing out that it is his determination to touch the lives of his people with the little that God has placed in his hands.
He said those projects he has executed were the decisions of the people as information were always made available to him before embarking on any project so that it is beneficial to the people.
The lawmaker said the ongoing road projects with the towns of the various LGAs will continue while more in the areas of potable water which already going on will continue because water indeed is life as said.”We shall also continue the electrification projects as well as the educational interventions which we have started with payment of registration fees for WAEC,NECO and JAMB for our students.Very soon I will unveil my achievements with your support and prayers for the past three years we have been in office so that you the people can see and judge for yourselves the modest achievements we have recorded.”
Gagdi reemphasized his desire to turn around PKK for good stating that it is a contract he has entered with the people which is for good and will stand by it.
Amongst the 16 different groups from the constituency as well as a few who came for courtesy visits include :
THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS HAVE NOT STOPPED, AS RT HON YUSUF ADAMU GAGDI IS NOT A PASSING PHENOMENON
We told you, didn’t we, that the Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, the workaholic representative of the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency is not a one-off performer?
Daily, the Federal Constituency is inundated with varying degrees of construction work, courtesy of Rt Hon Yusuf Gagdi. The men are at work for the benefit of the people.
Ordinarily, many had thought that the other construction works before now, were a flash in the pan. They had said he was doing them so as to get the attention of the delegates. In fact, they went to the ludicrous extent by stating that he would lose steam and beat a retreat.
They got it all wrong. They forget easily that he is a man made of sterner stuff, and such persons are always willing to help and make sure the lives of the people are far better than what they now enjoy.
So long as people will be the beneficiaries of the projects, Rt Hon Gagdi’s footprints are a constant reminder of the faith he has invested in the lives of his constituents in various aspects of their lives.
That is why, increasingly, his place and chances in the VOGA 2023 get more acceptable with each passing day. And to God, he is grateful for the support.
Imagine the recent additions with many more in the pipeline from the same source: Garga Town Hall, Dengi Town Hall, 25 stalls at the Dawaki Market in Kanke, Market Stalls at Gum-Gagdi, a Youth Center and Community Town Hall at Kwal, Meeting Hall and District Head office at Dokpai etc.
These are mouthful and are meant to emphasize that people are uppermost in the life of the representative, whose antecedents are all pro-people and are primarily geared towards changing the narrative about them as being backward.
The Federal Constituency will continue to be better because, as always, it is in God that we trust.
GAGDI CONGRATULATES MUPUN NATION OVER SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS.
On behalf of myself,family,associates and the good people of Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency I congratulate the Mupun Nation over its just concluded National Congress that saw to the emergence of a new leadership to pilot the affairs of the Mupun Cultural And Development Association,MUCDA.
The culmination of the leadership of Chief Pedro Aridyel Dafur and emergence of a new leadership under Mr Alpha John Dakwak for me will see to a continuation of a people who have love for themselves and other tribes as well and continue to place the Mupun Nation among the great tribes on the Plateau,Nigeria and the world.
The outgoing National executive of MUCDA no doubt has performed creditably well by galvanizing all available human and material resources for the betterment of its people as can be attested to by the monumental achievements it has recorded.
As your representative,I look forward to working very closely with the incoming MUCDA leadership for the good of our people,PKK and Plateau State.
I wish to further reiterate the openness of my doors at any given time to continue to push for more development for our people.
I once again congratulate the incoming National MUCDA leadership.
SIGN RT.HON.YUSUF ADAMU GAGDI DAN MALIKIN KANAM,DAN MAJEN JHAR. MEMBER REPRESENTING PANKSHIN/KANKE/KANAM FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY,NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,ABUJA.
REP BAGOS FINALLY FINDS CAMPAIGN BOOSTER IN JOS MAIN MARKET HAVING FAILED TO IMPRESS CONSTITUENTS
Dachung Musa Bagos, Member Representing Jos South/Jos East Constituency better known as “Member Representing Channels/AIT Constituency” (for spending his time on TV rather than in the Chambers) has finally found a campaign booster for his ailing, wobbly and unimpressive bid to return to the Green Chambers.
Bagos who has a high reputation for grandstanding and is a notorious specialist in using tragedy, misfortune and crises to access power and grab attention recently found the perfect booster in the discourse about the efforts to rebuild the Jos Main Market by the Lalong administration.
Although the initiative has not been finalised, Bagos who has been nowhere to be found in his Constituency and is in fact walking towards failure because of his disastrous performance, decided to latch unto the issue by creating, sponsoring and sustaining the false narrative and propaganda against the policy.
He went on to issue a press statement on 27th July where he made spurious allegations and raised politcally-infested questions about rebuilding the market by the Government.
Bagos also pretended to be patriotic by raising the mundane questions and even displayed his ignorance or mischief By questioning the powers of the Plateau State Government to rebuild the market instead of Jos North LGA since markets are under the Local Governments in the 1999 Constitution.
But he ignored the fact that the burnt Jos Main market which was built by the State Government in 1975 and managed by the Jos Main Market Authority (JMMA) has never been under local government or been contested by the local Government.
Despite consistent clarifications, explanations and engagement to put the records straight, Bagos and his sponsored hirelings continued to feed the gullible with the falsehood that Jaiz Bank will own the market for 40 years and that Plateau heritage is being mortgaged to Islamic Bank.
The facts however are different as the 40 years lease is for individuals that will buy shops from either the 40 percent of the Government (which is not putting 1kobo for the project aside the land) and 60% to be allocated to Jaiz Bank (which is funding the entire construction at the cost of 10 billion).
After he failed to gain traction with his propaganda, misinformation and disinformation, he has run to the courts to obtain an injunction stopping the Government from going ahead with the rebuilding the market.
This is novel, shocking and tragic. If one may ask, in what capacity is he instituting the action? Is he representing himself, House of Representatives or the Plateau State House of Assembly? Does he has the locus standi to usurp a Government policy yet to be implemented or even implemented by another arm of Government? What happened to the separation of powers? Well, the courts will decide.
While we await the court to determine his action, it is clear that Bagos who has gained notoriety in sponsoring protests and instigating incitements cares little about the progress and economic development of Plateau State but more about his wobbly political career.
We note that Bagos who gained political fortune by sponsoring and leading protest including the violent one that damaged the new Government House, has not made any impact in his Constituency since he was elected, hence his rejection by his constituents and by his god father at the PDP Primaries. It was only after his tearful repentance, begging, bribing and prostrating on the ground to the stakeholders that he was given the ticket again.
Now that he has no scorecard of achievements to use for the campaign, he has fallen back on his old tricks of using controversy, misfortune and deciet to try to hoodwink the gullible. He has found the Jos Main Market issue as his new constituency project that he hopes will fetch him another election. What a pity!
Now let’s ask Rep Bagos these questions:
What do you have to show since you went to Abuja? Are you in the same House of Representatives with people like Hon. Maje, Gagdi and Beni and Mwadkon who have shown their capacity?
How come it’s only after attacks and misfortune that you appear on TV or at the scene to shed fake tears or to grandstand and abuse Government?
Show us your performance card as Representative of Jos South/Jos East in the last 3-4 years.
What is your interest against the rebuilding of the Jos Main Market?
Why have you as representative of the people not moved a motion or tried to influence Federal, private or corporate funding to rebuild the market since it was burnt?
What do you personally stand to loose if the main market is rebuilt?
Who is bank-rolling your opposition to the development of your state?
Do you want to be on the wrong side of history by being remembered as the person who sought to stop the economic development of Plateau State?
Do you think this fruitless endeavour will fetch you reelection?
If you are a true Legislator, do you know the doctrine of separation of powers?
Are you happy with the way the market is looking now?
Does the land upon which the Jos Main Market market will be built belong to you or your family?
Are you now Member representing Jos North/ Bassa?
While you answer these questions, we pray God keeps you alive to witness the rebuilding of the market and even give you a shop or the money to go there and buy one thing or another. We assure you that no amount of intimidation, protests, court action or propaganda will stop the progress of the State under the leadership of Rt. Hon Simon Bako Lalong. Just like you failed to stop the British-American Flyover and Dualisation to Lamingo Roundabout Junction, you will fail more in this futile effort against Jos Main Market.
We advise you to look beyond immediate benefits and quest for political office and think generationally. You are still young and stand to benefit even more from the market. Not everything is politcal and in case you forget, every government needs money to serve the people. That is what exactly Governor Lalong is doing for the administrations that will come after him. He is thinking long term and you are there thinking not beyond your nose.
May God give you the knowledge to Think and Act Plateau.
The Member representing pankshin Kanke & Kanam in the green chambers presented the law establishing the new Federal University of Education Pankshin out of the federal college of education Pankshin amidst showers of accolades by Staff, Students, and community stakeholders constituting the three LGA’s of Pankshin, Kanke & Kanam.
while expressing the joy of the entire college community, the provost Dr Cirfat Bulus appreciated the distinguished PKK member and alumnus of the college for his tireless effort towards upgrading the college into a university. Permit me on behalf of the governing council, members of management, staff and students to sincerely thank our own member, distinguished alumni for singlehandedly sponsoring a bill for the upgrade of the Federal college of education Pankshin to a University of Education… the college was established in 1974 as one of the pioneering colleges of education it started with a population of one hundred students and have grown over the years with about 15,000 currently with about 30 accredited NCE programmes and runs a Bachelor of education in affiliation with the University of Jos which am sure after this exercise it will fold… ” the provost says
The August visitor and distinguished alumnus, Rt. Hon Babayo Yusuf Gagdi member representing Pankshin, Kanke & Kanam and the sponsor of the bill in a rather nostalgic narration appreciated his teachers while in college for the impact and quality of teaching in the college. He says out of all the bills he sponsored the upgrade of FCE Pankshin to the Federal University of Education, Pankshin (FUE,Pankshin) is a dare one to his heart. The member says ” first, my leader my boss, Olufemi “Femi” Hakeem Gbajabiamila the speaker has played a significant role in facilitating this project, again, the president of the senate has promised me that the bill will not stay long in the senate and within seven days the bill was passed in the Senate and transmitted to the president, however, everybody knows that Gagdi is Lalongs Boy, i must say this, Governor Lalong relocated to Abuja to make sure the president sign the bill”
Amidst stakeholders who witness the event, are pankshin, Kanke & Kanam Elerds advisory committee led by Nde John Gubak Mni, Management of the college, council members of the college, Unions on Campus, three L.G chairmen of PKK, staff, students and other politicians.
Nde John Gobak while speaking on behalf of PKK elders, appreciated the leadership virtue of the legislator, Rt. Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi and plead with the people to support him to do more, in the same vain, members of the university community and students all appreciated the Hon. Member and promise to support his re-election for a second term.
LALONG FUMES OVER ATTACK ON DANDA CHUGWI, DIRECTS SECURITY FORCES TO APPREHEND KILLERS
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has expressed outrage over the attack on Danda Chugwi village of Vwang in Jos South Local Government where some persons were reportedly killed and others injured.
Governor Lalong described the incident as callous and condemnable and also directed security forces to ensure that those behind the attack are apprehended and punished according to the laws of the land.
He said the action of the attackers is yet another desperation by crises merchants to instigate disharmony, suspicion, fear and orchestrate agony among the people leading to further violence.
According to the Governor, security agencies including the Police, Operation Safe Haven, DSS, Operation Rainbow have been tasked to work with the local intelligence and ensure that those behind this wicked act are fished out.
While sympathising with the families of those killed and those injured, Lalong directed the State Emergency Management Agency and the Peace Building Agency to visit the area and ensure that soccur is given to those affected and the community.
The Governor urged citizens to continue to cooperate with security agencies, the traditional institution, community leaders and others community security architecture in supporting Government towards making exposing criminals.
Dr. Makut Simon Macham Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor of Plateau State. 1st August 2022.
Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming 2023 Governorship election in Plateau State, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda on Saturday morning led his team- Generation Next to participate in the monthly environmental sanitation.
Our correspondent reports that the APC candidate personally pick dirt’s and ensure cleanliness of all the areas covered.
Dr Nentawe Yilwatda who championed the clean up of Tudun Wada and other parts of Jos, the state capital promised to better the lives of citizens of the state if elected.
He promised to review the environmental policy of the state in line with climate action of United States, when elected as governor.
Nentawe further added that his Generation Next agenda would fast track Plateau State development, promote unity and bring dividends of democracy to every ward.
He further promised to tackle insecurity and revamp most sectors of the state if given the mandate by the People of the state.
Nentawe appreciated the people of the state for their support and promised not to let the people of the state down if elected Governor come 2023 .
OPERATION SAFE HAVEN COMMENCES MAJOR GENERAL IS ALI PEACE, UNITY FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT
The Special Task Force Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) has kick-start the fourth edition of the annual peace tournament nicknamed “Major General IS Ali Peace and Unity Football Tournament 2022 . The opening ceremony held today 30 July 2022 at Rwanpam Township Stadium Jos,was attended by dignitaries within and outside Plateau State.
Delivering his opening remarks, the General Officer Commanding 3 Division Jos and Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major General Ibrahim Ali disclosed that the tournament was significant in the peace-building process towards ensuring lasting peace on the plateau and in all the local government areas within OPSH Joint Operation Area. He noted that the core essence of the tournament was to use sports as a unifying tool to emphasize the benefits of peaceful coexistence, unity and teamwork.
Represented by the Deputy Commander OPSH, DCP Mohammad Rabiu, the commander described football as a universal sport that bonds people of diverse ethnic, cultural, political and religious affiliations together. He promised to do everything possible to ensure successes recorded in the peacebuilding efforts are not reversed.
The commander further urged the people to join hands together to move away from behavior that could subvert the collective growth of the people and enhance harmonious living.
Also speaking, the Chairman House Committee on Navy and member representing Kanke/Kanam federal constituency, Rt Hon Yusuf Gadi in his remarks, applauded Operation SAFE HAVEN for improving the security of Plateau state and other areas within its jurisdiction. He maintained that the tournament would help to unite youths of diverse religious, cultural and political differences. He also pledged to continually support any initiative of OPSH designed to sustaining peaceful coexistence in the state.
Climax of the ceremony was the ceremonial football match between the 2021 Champions, Barkin-Ladi Boys and Zango Kataf FC.
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ISHAKU TAKWA Major Military Information Officer OPSH 30 July 2022
The Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association (NAOWA) 3 Division, has trained women and Youths drawn from Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Jos, Miango and Jebbu Bassa communities of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state.
The graduation ceremony which took place today 30 July 2022, at Salamatu F Yahaya Skills Acquisition Centre, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment Jos also witnessed presentation of free starter packs and certificates to the beneficiaries.
Delivering her address, the Chairperson NAOWA 3 Division Chapter, Mrs Hauwa S Ali said the training was conceived out of the desire of NAOWA to compliment the efforts of the Nigerian Army and the Federal Government to ameliorate poverty in the barracks and its surrounding communities through skills development programmes. She congradulated the trainees for being parts of the training and thanked the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army (NA)and Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN for his untiring support to NAOWA aspirations.
Presenting Starter packs and Certificates to the graduands, the Special Guest of Honour, the GOC 3 Division and Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major General Ibrahim Ali noted that, the training will enhance the living conditions of the families of the beneficiaries. He said 3 Division is committed to empowerment and welfare development of the troops, their dependants as well as the host communities in line with the command philosophy of the Chief of Army Staff, LieutenantGeneral FarukYahaya. The GOC further urged the graduands to make good use of the skills and the starter packs acquired. He commended NAOWA for always fashioning programmes that impart positively on the welfare needs of the less privileged in society.
The participants received training in computer appreciation , Bag Making, Barbing, Catering, Hair Dressing, Make up and Tailoring.
The event was attended by the Brra Ngwe Iregwe, Rtd Rev Ronku Aka, the paramount ruler of Irigwe chiefdom and Chairman Bassa traditional council, the Acting Utu Ugo Kiche of Bassa, His Royal Highness Ati Adamu Ingmala and Principal Staff Officers from Headquarters 3 Division NigerianArmyJos.
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ISHAKU TAKWA Major Military Information Officer OPSH 30 July 2022
The internal wrangling rocking the Plateau State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has taken a twist as 18 aggrieved gubernatorial aspirants and other stakeholders have formed a pressure group known as “Plateau Project 2” to pursue litigations and petitions arising from the gubernatorial primary of the party to a logical conclusion.
According to a statement signed by the Chairman of the group, Mr Omar Shittien, “the group represents a political movement to pursue the injustice perpetrated by certain forces in the party.
“We are dismayed over the blatant refusal of the party to conduct election of delegates before the conduct of the recently concluded primaries for all political offices in the state.” Aggrieved Plateau APC guber aspirants, elders vow to fight injustice
“The Plateau Project 2 comprises the 18 aggrieved APC Governorship, State Assembly, Senate and House of Representatives aspirants as well as local government chairmanship aspirants who were deprived of their right to contest election after being cleared by the party.
“It is undemocratic for the party to have imposed party officials at the wards, LG, state offices as well as the national officers against the wish of the party members.
“We have therefore resolved that all petitions arising from complaints about these injustices shall be vigorously perused to logical conclusion.”
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