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The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday said it has decided to adopt a holistic approach toward tackling some challenges in the region. The Forum chairman, who is also the Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, stated this at the end of the NGF emergency meeting in Kaduna. “It is the forum’s unwavering determination to rescue the region and position it to meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people, especially in the areas of security, economic and social development,” Lalong said. Lalong said the governors discussed issues of common interest, particularly development of the Agricultural sector; being the economic live wire of the region. He noted that, the current challenges of insecurity, which seems to be persisting despite concerted effort by all tiers of government, was also deliberated upon. Lalong added that the forum noted the National Livestock Transformation Programme was meant to” provide a mechanism for peacefully dialogue and reconciliation in crisis communities toward a harmonious and mutually beneficial region.” He said the forum therefore adopted the National Livestock Transformation plan which includes modernising pastoral activities, while encouraging states not included in the pilot scheme to endeavour to join. He said the forum also urged governors in other parts of the country to follow suit. Lalong also said the forum congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal and enjoined the president to carry everybody along in the task of administering the country. Read the full article

The Plateau State government has sponsored 630 Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj. This was disclosed in a speech by the Governor of the state, Simon Lalong on Monday when at the departure of the intending pilgrims at the Rwang Pam Stadium. We gathered that the sum of N1.4 million was paid to each of the 630 pilgrims sponsored by the state, which amounted to the sum of N925 million. We also learnt that the state would have a total of 1,195 – 747 males and 448 females – intending pilgrims that would perform at this year’s hajj. The governor urged all intending pilgrims from the state to be good ambassadors of the state. He said: “At this juncture, I urge all the intending Muslim Pilgrims from Plateau State to see themselves as good ambassadors, by showing positive and God fearing behavioral conducts while in the Holy Land. “Therefore, as you all proceed to the Holy land for this year’s pilgrimage, I enjoin you to carefully abide by all extant laws of the Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Read the full article

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, on Saturday said he inherited the crisis between armed herdsmen and farmers. Lalong spoke when he played host to Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara in Jos, the state capital. The governor also lamented that he thought his state’s adoption of cattle ranching would stop the crisis between herdsmen and farmers. He said, “The summary is that I inherited this problem. When I was in government earlier, we had such problems and we tackled them. “I thought we had proffered a practical solution which I was already selling to other states to copy, and with this solution we had peace in Plateau for over three years and we were in the mood of celebrating the peace when this one came.” The governor said when the recent killings occurred, he “realised that maybe something went wrong somewhere, and that is what we’re trying to find the immediate cause if this problem and try to settle it once and for all”. “For us, this event will not discourage us at all. We have taken our stand that we’re going to start from where they stopped and continue to build on it. We will revisit the architecture to solve our own local case, and then contribute to the national discourse on how to have peace in this country. “One of the things I said to Mr. President was that even the effect on people who have been displaced for a very long time is something that sends long-term grievance to people. “Any remote cause to bring back those bad memories tends to make people take laws into their own hands. You see people have IDPs in some places that haven’t been recognised for many years. “Each time we try to put them together, many of them their houses have been destroyed, they can’t get back to those places. Some people return only to see that others have taken over their houses. That’s why in my speech to Mr. President I said here, we’ll not allow anyone take over another’s land again. “The issue of land grabbing will no longer be there. Where we have places that are insecure, we’ll do our best to provide security so that people will have the opportunity to come back to their various places.” Read the full article

Plateau State governor #SimonLalong presents a portrait of #Efe to him at his home coming to Jos. #BBNaija2017 #winner #basedonlogistics #ekpoesito

Winner of #BBNaija2017 #Efe shakes hands with the Governor of Plateau State, #SimonLalong as he arrives in Jos, the state capital this evening. #BBNaija #basedonlogistics #ekpoesito