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As the world observes the 2024 Tuberculosis Day, today, March 24, 2024, in commemoration of Robert Koch's discovery of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease, the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, IHVN, and Plateau State Labour Party, LP, Governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Dr. Patrick Sunday Dakum, has sued for collaboration by all and sundry in stamping out the disease. Speaking on the theme which is a constant used consecutively, "Yes! We can end TB", Dakum said it's achievable if all hands will be on deck by observing the requisite prerequisites which are: providing the right services, support for enabling safe environment in the right place, at the right time and eradicating poverty, inequity, under nutrition, comorbidities, discrimination, and stigmatization of victims instead of extending helping hand. Dakum whose Institute is a front-liner in finding cases, diagnosing and administering treat...

Following the violent clash which ensued at Ponglong area of Lalin District of Mikang Local Government Area, between Motol versus Taroh youth where scores of lives were loss and many others sustaining various degrees of injuries, destruction of properties and rustling of cattle and other animals on Saturday night, 23rd March, 2024, Dr. Patrick Dakum, the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, IHVN, and Plateau Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, totally condemned the clash, calls for calm and prays for the return of brotherhood between the warring factions.  Speaking over the matter, Dakum, expressed deep concern, saying with the economic hardship being witnessed in the country, the citizens are supposed to close ranks and be their brothers keepers by helping to alleviate one another's plight and not to complicate and worsen the situation by engaging in killing and destruction of properties no matter the provocation from wh...

By Jerry Jatdul The Country Director TASTE, Nigeria, Mr Nuhu Yakubu Chayi has disclosed that 70 million Nigerians lack access to safe drinking water,and 114million lack access to basic sanitation facilities and water is the basis resource needed to ensure sanitation services . Speaking during his opening Address at Eliel Event Center Gold and Base, ,Nuhu Chayi expressed pleasure with the support from communities in Plateau State .  He stated that this annual event serves as  reminder of the vital importance of water in our lives and the urgent need or protect this precious resource. This year, we gather under the theme “Leveraging on Water for Peace,” highlighting the significant role that water plays in promoting peace and stability in our communities. Water is a fundamental human right, and access to clean and safe water is essential for the wellbeing of individuals and communities.  However, the United Nations World water Development Report 2023 states that about 2 billion people ar...

By Jerry Jatdul In a bid to strengthen the growth of businesses in Plateau State, a one-day Stakeholders Engagement on entrepreneurship has been organized by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Plateau State. Speaking at the stakeholders entrepreneurship engagement meeting, Special Adviser to the governor on Entrepreneurship, Danladi Gyang said the meeting serverd as a veritable platform to pull knowledge, experience and expertise as means of creating solution and extend government services to all stakeholders especially at the grassroots. He said he programme was organized with the sole aim of driving overall economic growth of the state. He added the the mission is to foster a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation in the state that will provide entrepreneurs with support resources and opportunities they need to succeed in today's competitive market. The event took place on Friday March, 22, 2024, at the Patrick Hall of Crispan Hotel and Suites, alo...

Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, the Executive Governor of Plateau State, has officially launched a multimillion-naira commercial complex and ultra-modern motor park along the Bukuru Expressway. The Jos South Local Government Council’s project aims to improve order, reduce crime, and increase money for the local administration. According to a statement published by Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs, Governor Mutfwang performed the Unveiling at a ceremony on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The Governor emphasised the importance of the effort in creating an atmosphere conducive to commercial activity. He applauded Hon. Peter Vwang Dung, the chairman of the Jos South LGA Transition Committee, for his dedication to finishing the project, which began in 2014 while he was chairman but remained unfinished. The Governor urged more cooperation between the government and vendors, particularly those operating out of the Terminus market, urging them to keep the area tidy and create an enviro...

The Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Primary Healthcare Board has harped on the need for a robust collaboration with Local Government Council Chairmen in the State to achieve sound and unequalled healthcare service delivery to the Citizens of Plateau State especially those in rural areas who have limited access to quality healthcare services. He made this known during a meeting convened by the Plateau State Primary Healthcare Board with the 17 Local Government Council Chairmen on Tuesday 12th March, 2024 at Crest Hotel Hall in Jos. He hinted that Primary Healthcare is the Cornerstone of Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria and declared that the Board will not fail in its core mandate of ensuring improved healthcare service delivery by effectively maintaining and coordinating all the Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the State. According to him, the Board will deploy improved Service delivery using the Community-centric approach and also increase access by the Citizens of the State...

With the sighting of the crescent moon of the ninth month of the Muslim calendar signifying the start of the Ramanda Fast, the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, IHVN, Dr. Patrick Sunday Dakum, wishes all Muslim Ummah in IHVN, Plateau State, the entire country, his associates, friends and colleagues in US a successful Ramadan Fast; and enjoins them to imbibe its lessons and essence. According to him, the purpose and benefits of the Ramadan fast which teach and guide on self-control, reinforcement of faith and piety, inculcating mindfulness of God and His blessings, seeking forgiveness of sins, and a reminder of the plight of those who do not have adequate food, water, and shelter to be supported, are attributes of love, peaceful co-existence and humanity that are rich in making the world a better place; hence, every Muslim he reiterated should try and imbibe the virtues. In the same vein, Dakum added that the country is in dire need of stemming insecurity, in...

By Jerry Jatdul Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang In his desirous efforts to combat and reduce the activities of tricycle related crimes in the state and its environs, has formally launched the use of QR Code for all Tricycle riders also known as Keke NAPEP operating in Jos. The Launching of the QR Code was held at the premises of Plateau Express Service Limited on Thursday March 7, 2024, saw numbers tricycle operators lining up for the exercise. At the event, Mutfwang was ably repredented by the Commissioner of Transport, Jatau Gyang, said it necessary for Tricycle Riders to go digital to reduced to the barest minimum Tricycle related crimes in the state.  Jatau said as results of Mutfwang's Commitment to security and safety of the state and its people,, it is necessary for the government to know the numbers of Tricycles operating within the state. He said launching of the QR Code for Tricycle Operators in the State, will help to identify the rider through the scanning of the...

By Jerry Jatdul Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang in his desirous efforts to combat and reduce the activities of Tricycle related crimes in the state and its environs, has formally launched the use of QR Code for all Tricycle riders also known as Keke NAPEP operating in Jos. The Launching of the QR Code was held at the premises of Plateau Express Service Limited on Thursday March 7, 2024, saw numbers tricycle operators lining up for the exercise. At the event, Mutfwang was ably repredented by the Commissioner of Transport, Jatau Gyang, said it necessary for Tricycle Riders to go digital to reduced to the barest minimum Tricycle related crimes in the state. Jatau said as results of Mutfwang's Commitment to security and safety of the state and its people,, it is necessary for the government to know the numbers of Tricycles operating within the state. He said launching of the QR Code for Tricycle Operators in the State, will help to identify the rider through the scanning of the ...

By Gyang Bere   It is obvious that Plateau people did not make a mistake voting Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, as the chosen Governor of Plateau State during the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial election. Since he was sworn in last May 29, 2023, he has left no one in doubt as to his mission in the state. In fact, he has continued to confounɗ those who did not believe in his abilities to take charge of his government. Drawing from the promises he made during his campaigns, he has matched them with action, particularly when he repeatedly underscored that the payment of salary is never an achievement; but an obligation while re-echoing the Biblical injunction that "a labourer is worthy of his wages". The civil servants have never had it so good since he came on board. To get workers satisfied and productive, Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang is commited to cultivating a collaborative bond with all labour unions to fortify the civil service and ensure efficient...

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the DUNCAN GROUP OF COMPANIES, owner of Plateau Duncan Fertilizer Company, located in Larwin, Heipang, Barkin Ladi LGA, Dr. Godfrey Bawa Shitgurum, MON made the call in Jos the Plateau state capital. He argued that indigenous entrepreneurs are willing to come home and invest once the Plateau State Government provides the enabling environment. The policies, according to Dr Shitgurum, should be very friendly for business, with greater government partnership and collaboration, as well as the improvement of the security coverage in the State. "Many citizens of Plateau State are willing to come home and invest. All they need is the involvement and assurances of the government to carry them along," Dr Shitgurum said, adding that frequent liaison between Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang and the entrepreneurs will also go a long way in encouraging citizens to come home and invest". Explaining further, Dr Shitgurum said that i...

The newly appointed Director General of Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA) Samuel Dapiya, has charged the people in the State to consider the monthly Environmental Sanitation exercise as their collective responsibility, saying, " it takes Plateau people to keep Plateau clean" Dapiya gave the charge Saturday in Jos while supervising the exercise. The DG observed that some areas visited, Gangare, Angwan Doya, Dilimi, down to Bauchi ring road witnessed good turn out while Farin Gada are are areas of great concern because traders were seen going about their normal transactions. The team made up of the Head of Service, Barr. Rauta Dakok, the GM of JMDB, Arch Hart Bankat, the Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Jos North, Hon. Samuel Umaru Dala, the permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Mrs Damwesh, Journalists, security personrlss, Magistrates amongst others toured some areas in Jos North. Two filling stations where sealed up for defaulti...