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  • Plateau CP assures Bokkos council of safety

    Plateau CP assures Bokkos council of safety

    Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel  Adesina has visited Bokkos Local Government Area to find ways to eliminate threats to peace and security in the area.

    At the meeting attended by the Local Government Chairman, Amalau Samuel Amalau and his Management Team, as well as community/religious leaders, youth/women leaders, and security help groups, discussions focused on issues such as the incessant attacks, farmer/herder clashes, and cattle/animal rustling in the local government.

    The stakeholders expressed their concerns over the rising levels of insecurity.

    They pleaded with the Police boss to help them ensure peace and calmness within the area.

    They pledged their support to the Police to enhance security and ensure the safety of residents in Bokkos LGA.

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    They agreed to work through intelligence sharing to identify and address the causes of the security challenges.

    Adesina assured the stakeholders of his Command’s commitment to addressing the insecurity in the LGA.

    He emphasised the need for collaboration and information sharing between the Police and community to effectively combat crime and maintain peace in the area.

    He assured them that efforts are in progress to deploy more manpower and logistics to major flashpoints to forestall future threats.

    Amalau thanked the Commissioner for his commitment ensuring that Bokkos is safe.

  • Breaking: Lalong declared winner in Plateau

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor of Plateau State and Candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC Barrister Simon Lalong winner of the 2019 Governorship election.

    The total results was declared at exactly 4am on Sunday at the end of the collation of results which lasted between 9pm on Saturday night through the early hours of Sunday.

    The governor was declared the winner by the Returning Officer, Prof Richard Anande Kimbir, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state.

    Lalong emerged winner in the March 9th election and also emerged winner in the May 23rd supplementary election.

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    By the total results, Gov Lalong defeated his major rival, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, General Jeremiah Useni (Rtd) .

    Lalong polled a total of 595, 582 votes to defeat the PDP candidate Useni who scored 546, 813 votes .

    Results for the nine LGAs that took part in the supplementary poll, including Langtang South, Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Kanam, Mangu, shendam and Pankshin showed that Lalong scored 12,327 new votes, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jeremiah Useni, earned 8,487.

  • 62-year-old jailed five years over possession of hard drugs

    62-year-old jailed five years over possession of hard drugs

    A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a 62-year-old man,  Hycinth Njoku, to five years imprisonment for unlawful possession of hard drugs.

    Njoku was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the crime and begged for leniency.

    Mrs. Ramatu Oketola, prosecution counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA ), had told the court that Njoku, a resident of New Layout Quarters in Bokkos, Plateau State, was arrested on July 27, by NDLEA officials.

    Oketola told the court that the suspect was being tried on a one-count charge of unlawful possession of hard drugs.

    She tendered 65g of Cannabis and 29.7g of Tramadol, both similar to cocaine and other narcotic, as exhibits.

    “My lord, the suspect’s offence contravened Section 19 of NDLEA Act, Cap. N30 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 ( as amended ),” she stated.

    Oketola further told the court that the suspect was a second offender, having been jailed by a law court some years back. Njoku promptly confirmed the lawyer’s claim.

    Justice Dorcas Agishi, in her judgement, sentenced Njoku to five years imprisonment without an option of fine.

    “For being a second offender, I hereby sentence you to five years imprisonment without an option of fine, to serve as a deterrent to others.

    “The law will take its course considering your age and your resolve to be a notorious drug dealer, ’’ the judge said.

    Justice Agishi ordered that the hard drugs tendered as exhibits be burnt by the NDLEA within 30 days after the judgment.

  • No-work-no-pay: Plateau Govt. reverses policy, redeems workers’ salary

    No-work-no-pay: Plateau Govt. reverses policy, redeems workers’ salary

    The Plateau Government on Tuesday commenced payment of workers in 17 councils of the state who suffered the no-work-no-pay policy of former Governor, Jonah Jang.

    Jang had  in 2014, refused to pay workers four months’ salaries when they went on strike in protest over non-implementation of payment of their minimum wage during the period.

    Mr Paul Seku, Chairman, Plateau Central Zone Committee on Payment of No-work-no-pay for Local Government Staff, disclosed this during the committee’s visit to the Chairman of Pankshin Local Government.

    “We are in this council today to commence the payment of the No-work-no-pay to all the local government staff of this council and the remaining four local governments within the Plateau Central Zone including, Mangu, Bokkos, Kanke and Kanam.

    “This is in fulfillment of the promise made to the staff by our loving Governor Simon Lalong, when he asked the workers to withdraw the court case in Abuja for amicable settlement.

    “We are starting with Pankshin Local Government, and thereafter, move to other local governments where we hope to complete payment within this week, ’’  Sheku pledged.

    Sheku, who is also the Director General, Plateau Debt Management Committee, explained that the verification would give the committee the opportunity to pay one month out of the four months owed the workers in cash.

    According to him, “after this payment, the remaining three months salaries will be paid to them through their accounts in their various banks’’.

    Responding, Mrs Naomi Golmwen, Chairman, Pankshin Local Government, expressed happiness over the magnanimity of  Gov. Lalong and described it as a welcome development.

    She expressed the hope and belief that the payment of the fund would go a long way to mobilise the people of Pankshin to retain the governor in 2019.

    “This is a long awaited goodwill of the governor that has become a reality today; our community depends largely on salary, and I believe the payment will touch many homes and build their confidence on the government.

    “To us as politicians and leaders, it will build a strong support for us to go all and mobilise the people for their cooperation and support for this administration both now and come 2019, when we shall seek their mandate, ’’ she said.

    Golmwen assured the committee of the orderliness of the council’s staff and advised the cashiers to cooperate with the committee for successful verification and payment.

    The Council NULGE Chairman, Mr Pankyes Benwuk, described the exercise as a “dream come true’’ and commended Lalong for keeping to his promise.

    “We hope that the four months being owed us will be completely settled before the end of this year as early pledged by the government, ’’ Benwuk said.

  • Plateau varsity recalls suspended SSANU chairman, secretary

    Plateau varsity recalls suspended SSANU chairman, secretary

    Plateau State University, Bokkos has recalled Messrs Timnan Rimdap and Dusu Sambo, Chairman and Secretary of the varsity’s chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), suspended in January.

    The recall letter, signed by the institution’s Registrar, Amos Mallo, said that the Governing Council, after considering the Vice Chancellor’s report on the matter, directed that the duo be recalled.

    It directed the officials to resume duty immediately, and await further directives.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the officials were suspended in a letter dated Jan. 27, 2017 and signed by the institution’s Registrar, Amos Mallo.

    Their suspension was for three months during which they received only half of their salaries.

    The letter barred the duo – Timnan, Head of the ICT unit, and Sambo, of the Academic Planning unit – from being sighted around the school throughout the period of the suspension.

    Management had attributed the suspension to “insubordination and lack of respect to constituted authority”, but sources from the Registry traced the development to the duo’s request for deduction of check-off dues of SSANU members.

    Management had insisted that it would listen to such request after registering the union, a suggestion SSANU rejected after pointing out that it had been registered at the national level and was merely establishing a local chapter at the young university.

    The school also requested members to write individual mandates allowing the school to deduct the dues, a move SSANU also objected, after declaring that the membership register was enough to warrant the deductions.

    Efforts to contact the recalled officials were not successful, but a top source from the school indicated that the duo had resumed their duties as directed.

  • Matriculation: Varsity warns students against cultism, drugs

    The Plateau State University, Bokkos, on Wednesday, warned its 996 new students against cultism, drugs and theft.

    The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Doknan Sheni, gave this warning at the matriculation for the 2016/2017 session in Bokkos.

    “You should count yourselves lucky to be matriculated today because out of no fewer than 10, 000 candidates, who applied to this university, 966 were successful and admitted.

    “As our students, you are implored to study hard and be disciplined, especially by shunning all social vices such as examination malpractice, cultism, hard drugs, drunkenness, rape, and other misconducts that might earn you expulsion’’.

    According to him, the university’s motto is: “Knowledge, Diligence and Integrity

    Sheni said the institution had a culture of sticking to its principles and norms, which were in conformity to global best practices and the drive for the achievement of standards among Nigerian universities.

    “You must, therefore, as a matter of fact, choose to conduct yourselves responsibly, to justify the confidence reposed in you by the admission offered to you’’.

    Sheni said the university would teach them about ethics and good conduct besides their education programmes, to qualify and be worthy in character and learning.

    He said the management of the institution was committed to bequeathing a legacy of a functional, effective and efficient university system, comparable to other highly-rated institutions in the world.

    The Vice-Chancellor disclosed that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had scored the first convocation of the university 95 per cent.

    He advised Local Governments, wealthy individuals and philanthropists to invest in the university by building hostels, hotels or motels that could enable them to generate revenue.

    “Besides our students and staff, who are staying outside the university campus, our guests, who come to attend our functions can be accommodated there.

    “I am ready to give land to any developer, especially the LGs, to build their hostels that will be named after the councils, which will continue to generate funds for them,’’ he assured.