The socio-cultural group, Plateau Our Heritage Revival Initiative (POHri), has congratulated Hon. Dayyabu Garga (Executive Chairman Kanam LGC), Amb. Gideon Dandareng (Executive Chairman Jos South LGC) Hon. Ayuba Jagaba (Executive Deputy Chairman Jos South LGA) and other officials over their emergence as elected Officials of the 17 Local Government Councils and 325 Wards in the Elections which held on Saturday 10th October, 2021.
This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by Hon. Alexander Kwapnoe and Cmr. Friday Bako (Chairman and Secretary respectively of the group), while appreciating God and the Electoral Umpire for the peaceful, free and fair conduct of the elections, they charged the elected officials to work hard to justify the trust and confidence reposed in them with exceptional and people-oriented leadership.
POHri commended the citizens of the State for their peaceful dispositions and for being law abiding throughout the elections which made the exercise smooth and without any violence.
According to the group, the judiciary must also be commended for attending to the matter brought to it, for giving accelerated hearing and ruling that elections should hold to avoid vacuum at the grassroot levels while the case continues.
The statement also considered security agencies and the media, who werecommended for their efforts and contributions to the peaceful and successful conduct of the elections as well as reportage of the exercise accordingly.
The group called on all political parties in Nigeria and particularly in the State to practice inclusive democracy and work towards strengthening our nascent democracy.
They charged opposition parties to provide healthy, constructive and vibrant opposition that will engender democratic development.
POHri enjoins all political Parties to adopt “direct primaries” to prevent moneybags or heavy weights from pocketing the parties. In so doing, personality clashes would be hugely reduced or even outrightly eliminated as well as the inclusion of youths, women and the handicapped in the running of the parties to help strengthen them which in turn will beautify the polity.
They stressed that as a group, they will continue to support purpose driven leadership and draw attention of leaders when they are derailing irrespective of their party, ethnic and religious inclinations.
They wished the new leaders at the third tier of government a successful tenure even as they settle down to provide credible leadership, stimulate economic growth and attract infrastructural developments to their respective local govt areas.
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