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Plateau Youths Charged on Tolerance, Peaceful Coexistence
From Jude Dangwam, Jos
National President of Pan Youth Association (PYA) worldwide, the umbrella body of youths of Pan speaking natives from Plateau State, Comrade Yonmi Dama, has urged youths to be tolerant of one another to enhance peaceful coexistence for the development and growth of their people, Plateau State and Nigeria in general.
He said, as youth leader of the second largest ethic nationality on the Plateau after the Beroms, they must continue to work together irrespective of their dialectal background, political inclination or faith for the growth and emancipation of their people in all spares of life in the country.
Dama stated this at weekend during the National election of the Doemak Youth Development Association (D.
Y.D.A) that brought on board Mr. Godfirst Dama as the National President of Doemak Youth as well as Jude Dangwam of Daily Asset Newspaper as the Secretary General of the socio-cultural body held at the NUT Hall Doemak, in Qua’an Pan LGA of Plateau State.He said as young people they must consider an injury to one as an injury to all at all time. Stressing that they must always engaged themselves in activities that are in accordance with the customs, and values of the Moe Pans. “According to the 2006 census, Pan speaking natives are the second largest tribe on the Plateau and we are spread across the country. Aside this, Qua’an Pan LGA is the number six in terms of voter registration according to the 2019 voter registration exercise in the state.”
The National President charged the youths both at home and in the diaspora to be proud of their God giving identity. “We must work on our areas of strength for the common good of our people and our God giving inheritance. Some people are not comfortable when they heard that you are a Pan tribe. We are Moe Pan, our dialects, (Doemak, Merniang, Kwagallak, Bwall) cannot be tribes, they are dialects and in every tribe there are dialects in them.
“As youths, we must always remain conscious of those merchants of disunity who will always divide us and made their way in our midst and pass. We must be tolerant of one another, and any peace loving citizens of Nigeria that lives in our domain, we should continue to uphold the value of hard work and peaceful coexistence which our forefathers were known for,” Dama appealed.
The new President of Doemak Youth Development Association National Body, Mr. Godfirst Dama promised to continue to work round the clock for the growth of the Youths and the locality, and sue for the support if all members as he lead the organization for another period of four years.
He commended the leadership of his predecessor Mr. Titus Datoes for laying a solid foundation and defining the ideologies that the youth body stands for in the country.
Judges, lawyers and litigants at the Federal High Court, Court of Appeal and National Industrial Court in Ibadan, on Monday, were locked out by protesting members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).The national leadership of JUSUN had directed its members in the federal courts to embark on a strike on Monday over unpaid 25 per cent and 35 per cent salary increment, minimum wage and wage award.
A JUSUN official at the National Industrial Court, who craved anonymity, told Daily Asset in Ibadan that their salary was no longer enough as a result of current economic situation in the country. He said that the workers were seriously suffering while judges in the courts did not see them as part of them.According to the official, several steps taken to ensure their demands are met have been unsuccessful.The JUSUN representative said that no fewer than 10 members of staff of the National Industrial Court nationwide had died from February 2025 till date.“The suffering is too much and we are not asking for too much,” he said.Also speaking, a JUSUN official at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, Mr Atanda Babatunde, said the strike was embarked on in compliance with the directive of the national leadership of JUSUN.Babatunde said that the strike would continue untill their demands were met.A lawyer, Mr Ismail Saka, who was at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, expressed his disappointed over the strike.Saka said that he had been notified of his case coming up today and was surprised to have been locked out due to JUSUN strike.He said that one of his clients came from Sango-Ota, Ogun State, for the case, risking his life and wasting time and resources.He said that it was the right of JUSUN to embark on strike due to their entitlement while everyone was aware of the current economic reality in Nigeria.‘I urge the federal government to be compassionate and pay them their demands, which will make them live comfortable lives and not to be corrupted.Also, Mr Wale Oyegoke, who had a case at the Federal High Court in Ibadan, said he was angry that his case did not hold as a result of JUSUN strike.Oyegoke said that the Federal Government must treat the judiciary workers well, being a sensitive area.He said that the cost of living in Nigeria was already high while government was getting enough money due to subsidy removal.“The cost of transportation is very high, and if care is not taken, these staff will spend all their earnings on transportation.“I, as a person, spend N60,000 weekly on transportation.“Leaving home today, I thought my case would go on, but I am dsappointed that cases are not going on due to the strike.,” he said.A litigant, Mr Seye Olawale, who came from Lagos State, said that he was seriously pained risking his life on the bad road and wasting time and resources to come to Ibadan.(NAN)
The Cross River Government has threatened severe penalty on a firm, Bao Yao Iron and Steel Company, for owing the state N1.2 billion accrued tax liabilities.This was disclosed by Mr Ayi Bassey, Director Compliance, Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Monday during a compliance drive by the service to the premises of the firm in Calabar.
Bassey said the service had taken steps provided by law but the company refused to discharge its statutory responsibility to the government. “We have served them demand notice, final demand notice; for four periods they have been issued pre action notices and they have done nothing to show they have a responsibility to the state.“As a service, we view this as a deliberate attempt on the part of the management of the company to undermine the developmental efforts of the present administration in the state.“We have placed the non compliance stickers as our final demand to them, beyond this, we will take necessary steps to ensure we enforce compliance,” he said.On his part, Mr Emmanuel Esira, Director Legal Services and Enforcement of Cross River IRS said the visitation was a further administrative step to get the company informed of their indebtedness to the government.According to him, “the tax we are asking for are deductions from staff salaries that have not been remitted to the tax authorities in the state since 2009.“The notification stickers will be on their premises until they comply and if they don’t respond, we will take further actions.Esira urged other companies doing business in the state not to allow situations to get to the point where they have to paste non compliance stickers in their premises before they carry out their obligations. (NAN)
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Segun Deala, for stealing Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) cable.Deal whose address was not provided, had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge bordering on stealing and breach of peace.
The Chief Magistrate, Nurudeen Layeni ordered that he should be kept at the Awhajigho correctional facility in Badagry. He adjourned the case until Aug. 14, for fact and sentencingEarlier, the prosecution, ASP Edet Ekpo told the Court that the defendant committed the offences on May 9, at about 2p.m., at Gbenapon Ajara-Topa, Badagry, Lagos.Ekpo said that the defendant stole some length of electric cable with value yet unknown belonging to the EKEDC .He said the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by destroying the cable.According to prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 287 and 168 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2015.
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