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Plateau 2023: “Sunday Biggs remains the best chance we have” – BSYN

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A youth support group for frontline APC gubernatorial aspirant, Mr. Sunday Garba Biggs, has reaffirmed their commitment and belief in his candidacy and described him as the best chance at uniting Plateau people, achieving solidarity, developing and building a secure and safer Plateau.

The group better known as ‘The Bigg Things Youth Support Group’ made this known through a press text signed by the Convener of the group Solomon D. Mancha, and made available to journalists in Jos on Wednesday 11th May 2022.

The statement described Mr. Biggs as a technocrat who by sheer hard work and excellence rose through the ranks to the pinnacle of the civil service at a comparatively young age and who all through his career years has worked at close quarters with very many past and serving political and community leaders, understands better, the political dynamics of the state and is better equipped to manage all the contending political interests in the state while delivering quality leadership to the people.

They further stated that they were resolute in the support and endorsement of the candidacy of Mr. Sunday Garba Biggs for the office of the Governor of Plateau State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Statement Reads: 

Recall that the kick-start to the processes that will lead to the 2023 general elections are upon us. That time has come again, when forces are aligning and re-aligning in a battle of wits, with a view to capturing the highly coveted and prized ‘possessions’ of elective offices across the country.

While:

  1. Having in mind, that whether those who emerge victorious would be people who genuinely care about the progress of this country and the welfare of its citizens or the same old guards who have held this nation back by their deeds or misdeeds; their actions or inactions, is utterly up to us who are young and desirous of a better Nigeria;
  2. Realizing that here in plateau state it’s going to be a battle for the very soul of our state, because the choice(s) that we are going to make or that we will allow to be made for us will either make or mar us;
  3. Understanding the urgency of the moment as forces continue to coalesce in the build-up to the primaries in all political parties, the need for all young people of good conscience who are passionate about the plateau project to take concrete and decisive action and to ensure that we drive the processes across all political parties by participating actively;
  4. Believing the statement by Socrates that “if a wise man refuses to rule, then he must be ready to suffer the punishment of the rulership of idiots”. Thus the need for all hands to be on deck to ensure that Plateau gets the best in 2023;
  5. Affirming that this our Plateau state has gone through a myriad of social challenges that has threatened the very social fabrics that hold us together as a people over the years, and as such we should not and must not allow our diversity in political allegiances to be a source of rancour, enmity or hatred;

We the undersigned, being coordinating members of the ‘BiggThings Youth Support Network’ (BYSN) and the general assembly of the Network have agreed and hereby wish to declare as follows:

  1. That we support and endorse the candidacy of Mr. Sunday Garba Biggs for the office of the Governor of Plateau State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
  2. That Mr. Biggs being a technocrat who by sheer hard work and excellence rose through the ranks to the pinnacle of the civil service at a comparatively young age and who all through his career years has worked at close quarters with very many past and serving political and community leaders, understands better, the political dynamics of the state and is better equipped to manage all the contending political interests in the state while delivering quality leadership to the people.
  3. That having worked in the corridors of power as a civil servant, with five (5) former and one (1) serving Governor(s) of plateau state in the last 23 years, Mr. Biggs knows and understands what made some of them succeed and some to fail and has thus garnered the requisite experiences to consolidate on their successes and to avoid their failures.
  4. That while the crop of candidates vying for the office are good in their own rights, and constitute the best collection of aspirants we have ever had in Plateau State, Mr. Biggs represents the best chance we have at Uniting our people, achieving solidarity, developing our state and building a secure and safer Plateau for the good of our people and for the glory of God.

We also wish to state, in clear and very categorical terms that despite and irrespective of the rumours going round town, we believe in and will continue to be confident in the commitment of the leadership of the APC both at the state and national level to provide a level playing ground to all contestants, until and unless we have reason to believe otherwise.

We also wish to impress it upon the minds of all Plateau people that the race to little Rayfield is a family affair and thus a contest that must be conducted in brotherhood. And in all circumstances let us remember that the forces that bind us together are greater than those that tear us apart, as only then can we reposition Plateau State on the path of greatness.

Long live Plateau State!!!

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!

Bigg Things Coming!!!

Thank you.

 

Sign:

Solomon D. Mancha                    Convener

Rachel B. Nuhu                              General Secretary

Adi Ali Bassa                                   Asst. General Secretary

Longs Nanribet                             Organizing Secretary

Henry Mundi                                   Asst. Publicity Secretary

Maimashi Eric                                 Publicity Secretary

Victory Ishalekwu                         Asst. Publicity Secretary

Caleb Doy                                        Treasurer

Sam Fengo                                      Legal Adviser

Wetson Pokyes                             Asst. Legal Adviser

Na’along Edward                          Financial Sec

Biplang Yale                                    Central Zone Coordinator

Monday Weyi                                 Northern Zone Coordinator

Sumlat Sumpet                             Southern Zone Coordinator

 

 

 

 

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Taraba South Senator Jimkuta, PDP candidate clash over alleged N500m fund

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Senator representing Taraba South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, David Jimkuta, has denied allegations that he received N500 million earmarked for women’s empowerment programmes in the zone.

Jimkuta, through the Director-General of his campaign organisation, Garleya Gambo Suntai, described the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Taraba South, Dr Jessy Adi Ashimate, as false, baseless and misleading.

Suntai, in a statement on Monday, said neither the government nor any organisation had at any time handed Jimkuta N500 million for women’s empowerment.

Ashimate had, during the commencement of his campaign at the weekend, accused the senator of allegedly withholding N500 million allocated for the empowerment of women across southern Taraba.

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According to the PDP candidate, N250 million was budgeted twice for the training and empowerment of women in the senatorial district through the senator.

“For the women in the southern zone, there was a budget of N250 million two times that was supposed to be used for your training through the senator. Was there any training?” Ashimate asked.

He further alleged that official records indicated that the project was ongoing despite what he described as the absence of the corresponding training programme.

Ashimate said he raised the issue to demand accountability over the management of public funds.

However, Suntai challenged the PDP candidate to produce evidence supporting his claim, including details of the alleged allocation and its disbursement.

“Everyone expected the PDP candidate for the southern senatorial district to come out and tell the people where the N500 million came from, when the money was released and his sources of information. He rather threw a vague allegation without substantiating it,” he said.

Defending Jimkuta’s record of empowerment initiatives in Taraba South, Suntai recalled that Ashimate had served as Commissioner for Finance in Taraba State and questioned his record of empowerment during his tenure in public service.

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ADC: Court adjourns suit against Mark, Aregbesola

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned a suit filed by Mr Nafiu-Bala Gombe seeking to stop the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, from parading themselves as leaders of the party until September 28.

The case, which was fixed for hearing of all pending applications, could not proceed because the presiding judge, Justice Peter Lifu, did not sit.

The case was subsequently fixed for September 28.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Justice Lifu had, on June 16, fixed the case for hearing of all the pending applications after he dismissed the application seeking his recusal from the case.

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The judge, who held that the two motions filed by ADC and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (1st and 3rd defendants) lacked merit, awarded a fine of N1 million each against ADC and Aregbesola, the embattled National Secretary of the party, in favour of Gombe.

ADC and Aregbesola had, in separate motions, asked Justice Lifu to withdraw from the suit filed by Gombe, an aggrieved party member, citing alleged bias.

NAN reports that Gombe, in the suit, is seeking an order restraining Mark, Aregbesola and members of their interim National Working Committee, NWC, from parading themselves as the party’s leaders.

He had argued that the emergence of Mark, Aregbesola and other interim NWC members as party’s leaders breached the provisions of the party’s constitution and the Electoral Act.

Gombe had sued ADC, Mark, Aregbesola, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Ralph Nwosu as 1st to 5th defendants respectively in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025.

Nwosu was the former ADC National Chairman who stepped down for David Mark leadership of the party.

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