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Plateau LG Elections: NCPC Scribe Sues for Peace

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From Jude Dangwam, Jos

The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, has urged religious leaders and citizens of Plateau to embrace peace during and after the Oct.9 local government elections in the state.

Pam made the call while visiting various Christian denominational leaders in Jos yesterday.

He said it became paramount for him to go round and admonish church leaders to speak with their followers to conduct themselves peacefully during the polls.

Denominational leaders the executive secretary visited were the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, ECWA President, COCIN President, Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Anglican Archbishop of Jos, and Youth Groups.

“This courtesy call I embarked upon is very key and paramount because of the election we have on Saturday.

“The hearts of people have been beating because of the election and we have been hearing drumbeats of war, we will not want any bloodshed in Plateau again.

“Plateau has seen enough, we are still mourning, we don’t want precious lives to be lost.

“God has blessed all of you with the ability to calm nerves of the youths and trouble makers, we know that you have the voice as fathers to calm nerves,” he said.

Responding, the Arch Bishop of Jos, Most Rev. Matthew Audu, stated the need for government to work harder to create confidence and ensure that the Saturday polls ended without loss of lives.

Audu, however, appealed to the government to allow people to vote for their choice, rather than imposing candidates which he said could breed violent situations.

“I want to appeal to the government to allow people to make their choices not to appoint people, it will cause problems, if we go like this we will not move forward.

“Bring credible people from every party so that we will have good choices to choose from, why present people that the people have rejected?

“People will naturally stay at home and not vote, we urge our leaders at all levels to do the right thing, bad politics will not move us forward,” he said.

Similarly, the President Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN), Prof. Dachollom Datiri, encouraged citizens to go out and vote peacefully.

Datiri stated that nothing was gained in crisis; rather everyone was a loser, adding that the state would only fall into the hands of those who had ideological problems.

Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Plateau, Rev. Stephen Dangana, in a response, also said the government needed to take measures to ensure that the Saturday polls were crisis-free.

Dangana said they would work with government and all peace seeking organisations to pursue peace in line with Biblical injunction.

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Police Detain Man over Alleged Murder of Business Partner in Yobe

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The Police Command in Yobe, says it has detained a man, Yunus Isa, in connection with alleged murder of his business partner, Lawan Adamu.

This is contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in Damaturu on Thursday.

Report says that Adamu’s body was found on Sept.

15, with deep throat cut and stab wounds at Nayinawa area of Damaturu.

Abdulkarim said credible intelligence led to the arrest of a prime suspect in the case, Isa, at Shago Tara near Nayinawa.

“Investigation revealed that Lawan Adamu was his employer and business partner in the engine oil trade.

“He (the suspect) borrowed N500,000 from Adamu last year with a profit-sharing agreement.

“However, when he failed to meet the agreement terms, the deceased demanded repayment.

“Isa callously murdered Adamu to avoid repaying the debt, killing him in cold blood,” he said.

The spokesman noted that the swift resolution of the case demonstrated the command’s commitment towards ensuring justice and public safety.

He said the suspect would soon be charged to court. (NAN)

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Maiduguri Flood: Over N12b Support Generated for Victims 

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Borno Government says it has realized over N12b cash and material donations for victims of Alau Dam flood disaster in Maiduguri. 

Abdurrahman Bundi, the Senior Special Adviser on New Media to Borno Governor, gave the update on the donations for the Maiduguri Relief Fund on Thursday in Maiduguri.

Bundi said the donations came from corporate entities, state governments, State and National Assembly members, individuals, and Non-Governmental Organisations.

List of donors showed that the North East Development Commission (NEDC) donated N3b and food stuff, Aliko Dangote N2b, Aminu Dantata N1.5b, and Mohammed Indimi N1b.

Other donors were Borno LGAs; N1.

2b, Oluremi Tinubu; N500m, Bauchi and Niger states; N250m each while the people of Southern Borno donated N200m.

Dahiru Mangal, Atiku Abubakar, Rep. Mukhtar Betara, Ali Modu Sheriff,  House of Representatives, Abdulsalam Kachala, and JAIZ Bank states comprising Kebbi, Yobe, Kano, Taraba, katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara gave N100 each.

The Director General of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa and Matrix Energy donated 10 trucks of fertiliser and foodstuff worth over N120m each.

Those who gave N50m include Adamawa state, Mr Peter Obi, Rabiu kwakwanso, Ahmed Lawan, Mohammad Maifata, Ibrahim Umar, Mohammad Imam, Ali Dalori, Bauchi APC chapter, Sen. Tahir Monguno, and  Sen. Kaka Kaka Shehu and I8th Engineering Company, while the State Assembly donated N60m.

The Nasarawa Government also presented six trucks of rice, spaghetti and sugar. 

Many other people donated between N1m and N30m respectively. (NAN)

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Jigawa Reviews mid-year Performance of MDAs

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The Performance Delivery and Coordination Unit (PDCU), says it has concluded mid-year performance review of Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs), to enhance good governance in the state.

The PDCU being supervised by the office of Gov. Umar Namadi, conducted a three-day retreat on the review mid-year performance of the MDAs.

This is contained in a statement by Hashim Hashim, the unit’s Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Facilitator, in Dutse on Thursday.

He said the unit interfaced with representatives of the MDAs to verify submitted data on the progress recorded against set targets in the performance bond earlier signed in January.

According to him, the workshop is pivotal in streamlining government achievements into one single scorecard and finalising the mid-year performance reports for the attention of the governor.

The statement quoted the PDCU Coordinator, Adamu Muhammad, who doubles as Public Private Secretary to the governor, as stressing the importance of the exercise in driving the manifested 12-Point Agenda of the governor.

Muhammad was quoted as emphasising the need for the members of the unit to scrutinise and fine tune all the submitted evidence for accuracy, relevance and completeness.

The coordinator lauded the FCDO-PERL programme for the support to the state government in actualising the PDCU and supporting the review process.

“The PDCU comprises of professional technocrats selected based on merit and specialisation to support the delivery of the Governor’s 12-Point Agenda”. (NAN)

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