Jang commissions N15bn Govt House as incoming gov faults cost of building

Jos – Outgoing Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang has commissioned an ultra modern Government House complex built at the cost of N15billion even though the incoming administration of Simon Lalong has said he will not make use the edifice as the cost is outrageous. Governor Jang who commissioned other projects which his administration initiated including road networks also named a 7.50km Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH road constructed at the cost of N3.7billion after former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

Jonah Jang

He said he named the road after the ex-President because he started building the Teaching Hospital during his tenure as the Military Head of State and the ex-President asked him to build the access road leading to the hospital. The governor equally commissioned three fire-fighting trucks and one hydraulic pump bought at the cost of N7.84million.

According to governor, “Plateau state did not have a befitting Government House, we kept moving from one place to another but this is a permanent structure dedicated to the people of Plateau state.

“In this Government House, there is an ultra modern clinic which will cater for the health need of the people. I dedicate this clinic to the children of Plateau who are the future of the State.” Jang however described the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Plateau state workers as an “unpatriotic, mischievous and baseless action” which does not speak well of the state.

He commended the Chairmen of the 17 local government areas of the State for successfully utilizing funds meant for the Councils to justify his intention of not tampering with local government funds. He explained “the non payment of salaries is not applicable to Plateau state alone but other Labour unions in their respective states did not down tools as it has now become a tradition in Plateau state for civil servants to always welcome new government with unnecessary strike.”

He added, “I am proud of the local government chairmen who work under my administration and ensured that they created diverse projects that have impacted positively on the lives people at the grassroots.” Jang thanked the people of the State for the support accorded him in the past eight years and urged them to accord such support to the incoming administration of the Governor-elect, Bar. Simon Lalong.

 

Jang commissions N15bn Govt House as incoming gov faults cost of building

Presidency: Wait till 2019 - Jang tells North

Plateau State Governor, Jonathan Jang, has asked the people of the Northern region to be patient and wait till 2019 when President Goodluck Jonathan would have completed his second term in office.

Jang, who spoke at a town hall meeting in Pankshin and Mangu local government areas on Thursday, urged northerners to vote for Jonathan and all the Peoples Democratic Party candidates in today’s election.

He said the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), was removed as head of state by his colleagues in the military because he lacked focus.

“If Buhari did not perform as head of state, he will not do anything as a civilian President and therefore lacks the credentials to represent the North,” he said.

The governor, who decried what he called skewed distribution of Permanent Voter Cards by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the state, said he was optimistic that with the PVCs so far distributed, Plateau would deliver 1.8 million votes to Jonathan.

Jang said, “We need a President that will consolidate on the achievements so far recorded in the power sector, we have the trains moving today and the corruption that had been alarming in the agricultural sector has been tackled. Farmers now get fertiliser without hitches. So, the North should be patient and allow President Jonathan to finish his second tenure in 2019.”

The Senator representing Plateau Central, Chief Joshua Dariye, urged all political stakeholders to vote for Jonathan.

“We should take the Saturday (today) election very seriously because we cannot afford to underrate the opposition,” he said.

The PDP governorship candidate in the state, Senator Gyang Pwajok, said the task of re-electing Jonathan and other PDP candidates was a collective responsibility that must be pursued vigorously.

Presidency: Wait till 2019 - Jang tells North

Jonah makes son commissioner for land and planning

By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News

The executive governor of Plateau State, Jonah Janah has transferred his son from being his Special Adviser on Special Duties, to a commissioner.

R-L; Governors Martins Elechi, Godswill Akapbio, Segun Mimiko; Deputy Governor Kogi, Yomi Awoniyi, Governors Jonah Jang, T Orji and Others after their meeting recently in Abuja. PHOTO; Sinday Aghaeze

Jonah named his son, Yakubu as the state commisioner for Lands and Urban Planning after the former  commissioner, Mr. Yilji Gomwalk was named as the running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Gyang Pwajok.

The Commissioner of Information, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar who disclosed the new development said Yakubu replaced Yilji for the purpose of continuation in governance.

Meanwhile, the governorship candidate has appealed to those who contested with him to join hands with him to work towards the development and growth of the state.

Pwajok promised to continue the good work of the present governor, adding that his plan is to run an all-inclusive government.

He made this assertion in Jos on Sunday while addressing newsmen. He said “I see my emergence as the manifestation of what God wants to do in Plateau State. Mine will be an all-inclusive government as my campaign slogan, Greater Together, has shown.”

The governorship candidate said his plans is to make the dream of the youth come true by bridging the generational gap.

Political Reawakening Support Team, a youth group has advised the governorship candidate to look beyond the primaries and concentrate on winning the election in 2015.

The youth who seems to have confidence in Pwajok said in Jos on Sunday that the PDP candidate emegence emergence is a dream come through as they have been yawning for one of their own to be a state governor.

The spokespersons, Messr Jonathan and Mr. John Ibrahim pledges to do their part to make sure the PDP aspirant become the governor in next year election

 

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Jang suspends Plateau varsity vice chanchellor

Plateai State Giverbor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has suspended the Vice Chancellor of the Plateau State University, Bokkos, recently rechristened Solomon Lar University, Prof. Danjuma Sheni

Our correspondent gathered that Sheni was suspended because of what the governor described  as an “inappropriate behaviour.”

A statement from the office of the Secretary to the State Government on Thursday, did not however elaborate on what  was termed an “inappropriate behaviour.

Our correspondent gathered that the action might be connected to the reappointment of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof Dadi Davou.

The VC had been having a running battle with the Pro Chancellor, Ptof. Sam Ale, who is an in-law to the governor, over the utilisation of the university funds and alleged interference with university administration.

The matter came to a head when a group of teachers in the university petitioned anti-graft bodies, alleging shady contract deals in the school.

Matters worsened when the governor, as the Visitor to the university, ordered the reappointment of  Davou, an action said to have violated the university laws.

Davou, who was on sabbatical with the university, was appointed the DVC for a term of two and half years.

On the expiration of his appointment, the governor, as the Visitor, had reappointed Davou without the consent of the Senate, prompting some members of the Senate to file an action against Davou’s reappointment.

The new development, some lecturers alleged, was the second time Jang was interfering in the administration of the institution.

On September 7, 2007, few months after his election, the governor had ordered the suspension of academic activities in the school, sacking the then pioneer Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Wade, and sending  over 500 students to the streets.

However Wade was reinstated and the school reopened after a three-year long legal tussle.

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