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By Justin Jattim The first interview to Mr. Bitrus Boyi Ngah, ADP Chairman Jos-South LGA by Jat HotNews on  Wednesday 20th May, 2020 @ 12:45pm in the Jos-South ADP Secretariat No.4 opposite A M Dung residence before Lashom Suits Sparkling junction road on Governance, Elections, Health & Party Progress. Enjoy the Excerpt; Jat HotNews: For the listen pleasure of our readers, may we know your? Hon. Bitrus Boyi: I am by Name Bitrus Boyi, the ADP Chairman of Jos South Local Government Area, a business manager by profession, in terms of academics i am practical, i hale from Van District and i am blessed to be politician who is interested in humanity most especially in governance. With the right connection which i have, i do try my best to see the few Nigerians don’t get to suffer at the existence of this country.  Jat HotNews:   What are the aims and objectives of the ADP? Hon. Bitrus Boyi: As a political party, we see to the good living existence of every human being on eart

PRESS STATEMENT  LGC Chairman Assures of Transparency on Distribution of Palliatives The Management Committee Chairman of Jos North Local Government, Hon. Shehu Usman says his administration will ensure accountability, transparency and equitable distribution of the palliatives received from the state Government for onward distribution to poorest in the locality. The Chairman stated this on Thursday May 21, 2020, while presenting the items to the Ward Distribution Committee  at the Local Government Secretariat in Jos. The Ward Palliatives Committee constituted by the Local Government is made up of Traditional and religious leaders, ward Councilors, Youths as well as Women representatives. The Chairman who personally supervised the distribution process noted that Governor Simon Bako Lalong understood the hardship facing by the citizens of the state due to Corona Virus pandemic ravaging globally,  maintaining that, as a consequent of that, the state government decided to distr

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, RT. HON. (DR) SIMON BAKO LALONG, KSGG, AT THE INAUGURATION OF A RESEARCH TEAM ON CORONA VIRUS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT THE BANQUET HALL, OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RAYFIELD - JOS, 18TH MAY 2020. PROTOCOLS 1. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to this very important but brief event, which is the inauguration of a Research Team for Corona Virus and other Infectious Diseases in Plateau State. 2. Let me first appreciate you all for accepting to step up to this special call towards evolving home-grown solutions to our health challenges in Plateau State. 3. Although we have had to deal with many infectious diseases in the past, we have not been confronted with anything like the Corona Virus Pandemic in recent history. Indeed, our generation is facing perhaps one of its most difficult times. 4. Clearly, COVID-19 has reminded us of the need to be proactive in not only upgrading our medical facilities and improving manpower, but also working a

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF PLATEAU STATE, RT. HON. (DR) SIMON BAKO LALONG, KSGG, ON THE UPDATE OF TOTAL LOCKDOWN OVER COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HELD ON 17TH  MAY 2020. 1. Fellow compatriots, I address you again in continuation of our collective fight against the Corona Virus disease commonly referred to as COVID-19. 2. In my last address of April 30th 2020, I indicated that we shall continue to observe the total lockdown from Midnight of Thursday to Midnight of Sundays throughout the State. 3. In addition to other measures taken earlier, I also informed you that we shall continue to restrict inter-Local Government movements to further curtail the spread of the disease which was first recorded in the State on 23rd April 2020.  4. Since then, the State has recorded more cases of COVID-19 that rose to 33. This necessitated us redoubling our efforts to checkmate community spread by aggressively conducting contact tracing, isolating suspected contacts, and tre

It was a cheering news in Jos North Local Government Sunday afternoon as sixty four suspected persons  who  were  quarantined had  their result  returned negative of Coronavirus. They have therefore been discharged and  reunited with their loved ones, having spent some weeks at the Local Government isolation centre. Management Committee Chairman of Jos North Local Government Hon.Shehu Usman broke the news on Sunday  at the  Zango baki   isolation centre, Bauchi road Jos.  He  noted that the suspected persons had tested negative of COVID 19 twice   which was confirmed by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Hon.Usman disclosed that out of the nine returnees  to  Jos  North,  eight  tested negative while the remaining one awaits  his second test result. This brings the total number of  discharged suspected persons to Sixty four. The Chairman  stated  that the council is committed to complementing the effort of the state Government under the leadership of Governor S

PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE   *Police operatives arrested a suspected kidnapper, recovered  one AK 47 riffle,  29 rounds of live ammunition  and rescue of two kidnapped victims.*  Gentle men of the pen  profession, as part of our core mandate to protect lives and properties,  the Plateau State Police Command has recorded some milestones  of achievements under the leadership of CP Edward Egbuka.  1. On 16/5/2020 at about 0030hrs, the Command received a distress call  at road 6 University  Senior staff quarters  Jos where some hoodlums entered the house of one Dr. Nandi Drenkat 'm' a lecturer with the University of Jos where he was shot and his six years old daughter was kidnapped.  Immediately  the Command received  the information, on the same date at about 0530 hours, a combined team of conventional  police men, mobile men, operatives from anti kidnapping unit, vigilante group  and hunters were deployed to the hilly  areas  where the kidnapped victim

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Friday at its meeting via Virtual Conferencing, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, shared to the three tiers of government, a total sum of N606.196 billion as federal allocation for the month of April 2020. From this amount, inclusive of VAT, Exchange Gain, Solid Mineral Revenue, Excess Bank Charges and Excess Oil Revenue, the Federal Government received N169.831 billon, the States received N86.140 billion, Local Government councils got N66.411 billion, while the oil producing states received N32.895 billion as derivation (13% Mineral Revenue). However, cost of collection/FIRS Refund/ Allocation to North East Development Commission and Transfer to Excess Oil Revenue was N15.134 billion. In a communique issued by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting, indicated that the Gross Revenue available from t

The Plateau State Palliatives Committee has visited the Southern Zone which comprises of 7 local governments. The Palliatives Committee who already zone the distribution to ease the process Could be recalled to have started with the northern zone in Bassa LGC then the central zone in Bokkos LGC respectively, the distribution of the southern zone took a new dimension as the palliatives committee flag up the symbolic distribution in Quanpa’an LGC, then Shendam and Mikan respectively in a similar order. The chairman of the palliatives committee prof sunie Tyoden before the takeoff of the distribution to the southern zone address journalist at the SEMA warehouse where the palliatives where stored various questions where put across to him concerning the exercise and the entire process as there various issues and concerns raised by some individuals and critical stakeholders in the state as the distribution is very slow, and selective and political, reacting to such questions and

The Executive Chairman Shendam local Government Area. Hon. Miskoom Alex Naantuam, Hon. Kwapfuan livinus James, flanked by Hon. Chrisantus Ahmadu, (Commissioner and Attorney General of Plateau State) Hon Sylvanus Tapgun (Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy affairs)  were  at Shendam to flag off the distribution of  2554 bags of rice, 30 bags of Millet, and 20 bags of Sugar, as palliatives to the  poorest of the poor and vulnerable households within Shendam L.G.A  to compliment the State and Local Government efforts in cushioning the economic impact of the Covid19 Pandemic. In thier separate remarks they enjoined all traditional rulers and leaders in various wards in Shendam L.G.A  to keep an eye on the distribution to ensure that only people who qualify get the palliatives. The Executive Chairman in his wisdom also advised and made clear that the deadly disease is friend to No One, so the people should Avoid Crowded areas (Social Distanci

The Plateau State Government is informing the general public that most  patients infected with the Corona Virus are recovering, as 10 patience out of 21 cases recorded in Plateau State were discharged on Friday 15th May 2020. The State Commissioner for Health Dr. Nimkong Lar disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Jos. “We have 21 infected cases and out of the 21, 11 patients have been discharged”. The Commissioner who spoke alongside the Secretary to the Government of the State, Prof Danladi Atu, and Commissioner for information Dan Manjang, said they patients were discharged after testing negative twice. Plateau State now having 11 active cases of Covid-19 which are responding beautifully well  to treatments, recorded only one case of Covid- 19 yesterday as against the five cases announced by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), as four of the results were repeated by the agency”, the Health Commissioner said. Jat HotNews correspondent reports tha

I Agreed with what Atiku Abubakar is putting forward here...it makes sense. Nigeria Cannot Afford Luxuries During an Austerity.  It is to my consternation that despite the crash in the price of oil, and the inability of Nigeria to expand our revenue base through the non-oil sector, the Federal Government of Nigeria has only seen fit to slash our budget by a mere 0.6%, from ₦10.594 trillion to ₦ 10.523 trillion. This represents a reduction of only  ₦71 billion.  Putting politics aside, this is grossly insufficient and betrays the fact we have lost touch with the current realities in the global political economy.  For the avoidance of doubt, when this budget was presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, it was predicated on a projection that our nation would generate crude oil production of 2.18 million barrels a day, at an expected oil price of $57 per barrel.  Today that is no longer the case. Both our production, and the price of oil have been severel

A SPECIAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT  - AN APOLOGY. You will recall that in the course of the week,  I issued an announcement  with respect to the flagrant disregard to government order by the public with regards to the Presidential Order imposing a curfew on the country between the hours of 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. of each day.  Furthermore,  the statement reminded the public of the mandatory need to wear masks failure of which the security  agents saddled which such enforcement were called upon to deal ruthlessly with the  situation.  It has come to my notice that the choice of word "ruthlessly" has not gone down well with the public,  more so with the current gory happenings in the state.  I had made a correction on the statement replacing the word "ruthlessly" with "strictly " but regret that the corrected script did not get the wide circulation the  first one did. It is in this light therefore,   that I apologise for the use of the word ruthlessly

PRESS STATEMENT Communities in Nasarawa Gwom of Jos North Local Government Area have agreed to cooperate with officials from the state Ministry of Health for contact tracing of suspected  person with COVID 19 cases. This was the outcome of the dialogue initiated by the special Committee with Community leaders to resolve the unauthorized restriction of officials in the area held at council chambers,in Jos The special Committee set up to dialogue with   Community and religious leaders as well as Youths groups in the area was Chaired by the deputy Chairman Muslims Community of Nasarawa Gwom Mohammed Danladi. According to him, prior to the meeting, the committee has met with various groups on the danger of COVID 19 pandemic. Deputy Director public Health in the Plateau state ministry of Health  Martina Nuwan said the ministry of Health and other related partners organizations are ever ready to trace any person suspected to have contracted the Coronavirus pandemic. Nuwan solicit

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, today 15, May, 2020 inaugurated it's new caretaker committee members to handle affairs of the party in the State, after  Exco Member Hon. Gwot Chocho tenure elapsed midnight Sunday 10, May, 2020.  The newly inaugurated Caretaker Committee Chairman, Hon. Nandom Penap Exodus in his acceptance speech made available to this medium signed by the Committee Secretary, Hon. Engr. Godwin W. Bedir,  disclosed that " As we all know, the tenure of Plateau State PDP Excos led by Hon. Gwot Chocho have since elapsed midnight Sunday 10, May, 2020, inline with section 47 (1) of the party constitution 2017 as amended where as the out gone Excos have served a tenure of four years. Upon the expiration of the past Excos tenure and base on the directives of the national working committee of our great party suspended the activities of the party inline with Government directives in trying to curtail the covid-19 pandemic which is r

  Novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, says she doesn’t think herself an ambassador of Nigeria, adding that she detests certain things about her country. The 42-year-old author was speaking to TheAfricaReport on her convictions about colonialism, politics, and pop culture when she was asked if her global brand stands in as an ambassador for Nigeria. “No. I am an ambassador for myself. I don’t represent Nigeria; there are things about Nigeria I don’t like. But, at the same time, I am very very proud of my Nigerian identity,” Adichie said. “I was born and raised in Nigeria, which I didn’t leave until I was 19. I’m proud to be Nigerian, I’m proud to be African, I’m proud to be Igbo. I won’t who I am today if I wasn’t all of those things.”   The novelist, who divides her time between Nigeria and the United States, while traveling the globe, also opened up on why she initially refused an American passport. “For a long time, I didn’t want to become a US citizen because I believed that p

Ref: AZ: 5250/PLS/PRO/VOL.11/209 1 12TH MAY, 2020  The Controller of News All Media, Houses. Jos,  Plateau State. POLICE PRESS RELEASE COVID-19: ENFORCEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES ON NATION-WIDE DAILY CURFEW  BETWEEN 2000HRS TO 0600HRS     In view of the Presidential directive on new measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic across the nation, the Plateau State Police Command wishes to inform the good people of Plateau State and other residents that the Command in collaboration with other security services has commenced full enforcement of the directive.  2. To this effect, members of the public are advised to strictly adhere to the under listed restriction order until further notice.  There will be over night curfew from 08:00pm to 06:00am daily across the state. This means that all movements are prohibited during this period, except those on emergency essential duties.  Wearing of face mask in public places is compulsory to all. Regular sanitizing and washin

PRESS RELEASS NORTHERN GOVERNORS COMMMEND PRESIDENT BUHARI ON EFFORTS TO REVAMP AJAOKUTA. The Northern Governors Forum says it is pleased with the commitment and efforts of the Federal Government to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State. This is following the recent inauguration of the Ajaokuta Presidential Project Inauguration Team (APPIT) to help revamp the company in line with the recent agreement reached with Russia to resuscitate the steel company, by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. In a statement through its Chairman and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, the Forum commended President Buhari for remaining focused in fulfilling his desire to see that the complex, which has been moribund for about four decades, comes to life. Lalong said, “We note with great delight the unwavering resolve of Mr. President to see that this complex which has been comatose for decades comes becomes productive to help i

His. Excellency, The Executive Governor Plateau State Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong inspects boundary routes in Riyom LGA.  While interacting with security agents, he expressed displeasure over the fact that the orders issued by the State and Federal Governments are not being carried out effectively as people still enter the State despite the closure order.  For us here in Riyom, we are making sure that the implementation is duly carried out and illegal routes are also monitored effectively. The Governor was also at the Riyom General Hospital, which has been designated as a treatment centre for COVID-19 to asses the facility and was briefed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar. We will continue to do our best in ensuring that such compromises we have experienced end immediately. I encourage all citizens of Riyom LGA to keep adhering to all safety measures please and report all suspicious movements to their community le

Kalu to remains in prison, no order to release him - Ahmed A former Governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu has remained in Kuje Prison because the judgment of the Supreme Court does not affect him. The Apex Court, it was learnt, did not issue any order for Kalu’s release because he did not file any application for such. The judgment only covers the Appellant, Mr. Ude Jones Udeogu, who challenged the propriety of a Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Mohammed Idris to try him. The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Correctional Service Mr. Jaafar Ahmed, has also refused to release Kalu because there was no any order from the Supreme Court. It was learnt Kalu may have to approach the Court of Appeal, where he has a pending matter, to ask for his release following the dismissal of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos by the Supreme Court. According to a copy of the judgment exclusively obtained by THE NATION, the Supreme Court clearly stated that the judgment relates only

By Justin Jattim Stakeholders in  North Local Government of Plateau state  have  expressed serious worries at the increase rate of COVID 19 in Jos North Local Government. The stakeholders made their feeling known during an emergency meeting which was summoned at the instance of the Management Committee Chairman of the Local Administration Hon.Shehu Bala Usman, held at the council chambers in Jos. The meeting was presided over by the Management Committee Chairman who looked into the issue of the rapid spread of Covid 19 pandemic in Jos North Local Government and how to contain and fix it's spread. The Chairman enumerated some of the efforts made by the council which included; Monitoring and Enforcement at the entry points to Jos from Bauchi, Provision of Palliatives to the less Privileged in the Community, Constituting a Sensitization Committee as well as Constituting a rapid response team. Hon.Usman noted that  Jos North has  recorded the highest Number of Covid 19 Case