Plateau State Government has presented certificates and Appointment Letters to senior and newly appointed District Heads of Northern zone of the state.
Presenting the certificates to the District Heads at the Azi Nyako Youth Centre in Jos yesterday (Tuesday), the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Honourable Sylvanus D.Tapgun challenged them to see their appointments as a call to duty and a higher responsibility.
According to the commissioner, they should be proactive in the discharge of their duties by ensuring that they carry everyone along in their communities irrespective of tribe, religion or other affiliations.
While urging them to be fathers to all in their respective domains, Hon Tapgun challenged them to be more united in the pursuit of their common goal of uniting their people in the interest of peace and the development of their respective communities.
The commissioner noted that government would look up to them in the area of peaceful coexistence, security and other challenges that may subvert the peace and security of their communities. He called on them to be vigilant at all times as well as report any negative tendencies that may truncate the peace of their areas and by extension the state as a whole.
For the generality of the people and illustrious sons and daughters of the benefitting communities, Hon.Sylvanus Tapgun said it’s their duty to accord the district heads’ maximum support in order for them to succeed in their new assignments.
“It is for these reasons that His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt.Hon. Dr.Simon Bako Lalong being a listening governor, considered the request of our various communities which have clamoured for self-actualization by creating more districts and chiefdoms in the state. This is a promise fulfilled which is brought to effect by the instrumentality of the Plateau State Legal Notice No.1 Gazette on creation of new Chiefdoms/Districts, Restoration, Grading and other Related Matters Order No.1 Vo.1 of 3rd February,2023,”he stressed.
In his speech, the Aten of Ganawuri, HRH.Yakubu Chaimang enjoined the District Heads to work assiduously for the benefit of their communities. He pointed out that the reward for hard work is more work.
Chaimang thanked Governor Lalong for the appointments and urged them to support the rescue administration and to carry all along.
The Ogomo Gurum, HRH.Danladi Akinga in a vote of thanks thanked the Plateau State Government for listening to the yearning of the people saying the people would now have a sense of belonging.
The Ogomo urged them not to oppress their subjects but to work for the benefit of all.
