Tag: SIMON LALONG

Plateau attacks: Police nab 20 suspects, rescue 33 victims

Aminu Imam

…Lalong imposes 24-hour curfew on Jos-North LGA…As IGP orders coordinated response to protect citizens Barely hours after the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Jos-North, Bassa and Jos-South LGAs of Plateau State, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, said that 33 victims of Saturday’s attack on travellers through Rukuba community had been rescued, with 20 suspects arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Recall that the State governor, Simon Lalong, has further imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos-North…

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PGF Felicitates with Lalong on his 58th birthday

Ishaku Yohanna

By Godwin Amunde The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has felicitated with Chairman, Northern Governors Forum (NGF) and the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, on his 58th birthday. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja signed by the Chairman of PGF and Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu, the Forum said the Plateau State governor’s contributions to matters of governance have been insightful and resolute. The statements reads: “The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) joins His Excellency Simon Bako Lalong, Plateau State Governor and Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, to celebrate his…

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Northern Govs. Forum chairman, Lalong, reveals cause of poverty in Nigeria

Aminu Imam

Plateau State governor Simon Bako Lalong, has suggested that all tiers of government in Nigeria should cut down on the high cost of governance and channel their funds to critical areas of development. The Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum stated this during the weekend, while delivering the 11th annual memorial lecture in honour of Sir Ahmadu Bello, where he related the high cost of governance as the cause of poor standard of living among citizens, particularly in the northern region of the country. The NGF chairman explained further that…

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‘Northern governors to revive Ahmadu Bello legacies’ – Gov. Lalong

Aminu Imam

The Chairman, Northern Governors Forum, (NGF), and Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, yesterday said the Forum would revive the legacies of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The governor stated this while receiving the leadership of the Kaduna State Polytechnic Alumni Association, led by its National President, Abbas Adamu, at the Government House, Jos. Lalong said that the late Sir Ahmadu Bello served as the first and only premier of Northern Nigeria. He said that governors would have a meeting in Kaduna where they would deliberate with traditional…

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Northern Governors Forum not against disbandment of SARS – Lalong

Aminu Imam

The Northern Governors Forum yesterday said contrary to some misconceptions in some quarters, it is not against the recent scrapping of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).  Chairman of the forum and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong made the clarification in Kaduna, during the inauguration of a committee on Youths and Civil Societies.  Governor Lalong also reiterated the commitment of the forum to tackling the several challenges facing the region. According to the governor, the forum will collaborate with Federal Government and security agencies to address the issues of banditry,…

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Northern governors inaugurate 30-man committee on youth development

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, has inaugurated a 30-member Special Committee on Youth and Civil Societies development in the region. The committee was inaugurated on Wednesday in Kaduna, with the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Ahmad Nuhu-Bamalli, as chairman. Terms of reference of the committee include, working out ways of prioritising different programmes for youth development and their inclusion in the governance architecture in Nigeria and the north in particular. The committee which was given eight weeks to submit its report was also mandated to…

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