The tenure of the current Officials of the Plateau State Youth Council is due to elapse May 22nd, 2020, however, considering the current challenges and the inability to facilitate social gathering to herald an election for transition occasioned by restriction of public gatherings for safety, the Council has come up with a position on the way forward.
This came in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Council Dr Jemchang Fabong and made available to journalists. In the statement noted that “The Constitution of Plateau State Youth Council states that elected Officers of the Council shall hold office for three (3) calendar years, after which new elections shall be held. By this, the tenure of office of the present Executives terminates on May 22, 2020.”
The statement further informed that “The Constitution of Plateau State Youth Council states that elected Officers of the Council shall hold office for three (3) calendar years, after which new elections shall be held. By this, the tenure of office of the present Executives terminates on May 22, 2020. However, the Covid-19 Pandemic presents a great challenge to the transition period which should usher in new Executives. The virulent nature of Covid-19, couple with advice form the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, and as backed by directives from the State and Federal Government, banned all forms of social gatherings which makes it impossible for the Council to call for a General Election”.
Adding that “Following a meeting of the State Executive Council with the Leadership of the Central Working Committee, Representatives of the Voluntary Youth Organisations and Executive Chairmen of Local Government Chapters of Plateau State Youth Council, with advice from stakeholders and the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development, Plateau State, which held today 08.05.2020” a number of resolutions were arrived at, chief of which is that “The Council wishes to inform the youths that Plateau State Youth Council’s Constitution does not recognize any form of a Caretaker Committee or Interim Government, and to that extend, there can’t be a vacuum in the event of the expiration of tenue of office due to our inability to midwife the process of elections because of the pandemic”.
Consequently, “The Council unequivocally call on Elected Officers of the Council at all levels to maintain Status quo until the ban on all forms of gathering is lifted by the Government. By this, Officers of the Council shall continue to function in their different capacities pending the lifting of the ban, thereafter, the transition to usher in new officials shall commence”.
The Chairman thanked Plateau Youths for their support and encouraged them to continue to support government policies aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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