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Plateau first female Senator, Dadu’ut, commissions projects, empowers unemployed graduates [Photos]
Senator representing Plateau South in the National Assembly, Professor Nora Ladi Dadu’ut on Tuesday commissioned projects she had completed one year after she was elected.
Dadu’ut was elected last year as the first female Senator from Plateau State to fill the vacuum created as result of the demise of late Senator Ignatius Longjan.
The projects completed and commissioned by Senator Dadu’ut includes bocks of classrooms at Government Secondary School, Lardang, a primary school in Vutu village in Quanpan Local Government Council of Plateau State, a motorized hand bore hole at Government secondary school in Mikang, modern toilet facilities and solar panel streets light in Shendam , Mikang and Quanpan.
The Senator also commissioned her Constituency office located in Shendam Local government of the State.
Dadu’ut who spoke to Journalists said the projects would be extended to all the Six Local Government Councils of Plateau South which includes Langtang North, Langtang South, Wase, Shendam, Mikang and Quapan Local government Areas.
She said that every local government in her constituency would benefit from her projects.
“I decided to embark on some of this project because of my love for education and my burning desire to give the youths quality education in a conducive environment because they are the leaders of tomorrow..
Senator Daddut further said that she facilitated N60 million COVID-19 intervention fund for 1,000 members of her constituency, Saying 1,000 constituents got N60,000 each.
“You could hear them calling me mama 60 because by the Grace of God, we got some slots for them. We need to intervene so that they will not just be left abandoned, so that they will not go astray. I have the zeal to help my community, particularly the youth and the women. As you can see, I started today by inaugurating some blocks of classrooms for the young ones because we need to invest in them.They are our future and leaders of tomorrow,” .
Dadu’ut stated that she also inaugurated some solar-powered boreholes for the benefit of the people because water is life.
The Federal lawmaker, who also inaugurated some public toilets, said that the idea is to keep the environment clean.
“We need to keep a clean environment within the school and the community.
The Senator who also trained 20 Youths on ICT said “I am also here to see the ongoing training of our graduates who have left school and have nothing meaningful to do.
“I have put them here so that they will be trained to be able to use a computer and of course at the end they will go home with some computers. They will be able to use that to expose themselves to the outside world because ICT is a different world. It is a new world for us and there is need to expose themselves to this world so that they will be able to explore the world and get something that they can lean on as needed.
“And we have commissioned some solar light streets and I hope it will help to curb the insecurity challenges,” she added.
The Senator added that she hopes that she would continue to execute some projects as the resources permit and thanked the Federal Government for allowing her have the projects.
She also thanked the Plateau Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for giving her the opportunity to serve the nation and her constituency.
Principal, Government Secondary School, Tunkus, Mr Peter Danladi where a solar-powered borehole was inaugurated, thanked the senator for the gesture.
Danladi said that apart from a motorised borehole and modern toilets, the lawmaker also purchased a new generator for the school.
“However, we don’t have enough classes for conducive teaching and learning.
“Because we are in a digital world, we need an ICT centre to enable us join the rest of the global world,” he appealed.
Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Jibrin Isah Echocho, has congratulated Muslim faithful for the successful completion of this year Ramadan fast, urging them to celebrate the Sallah in love, and unity across our communities.
Echocho in a statement madeavailable to CAPITALPOST in Lokoja o Sunday, described the Ramadan period as stressful, but deserving, because it is the only period for spiritual reflection on abstinence from immorality, sincere sacrifice and supplications to Allah.
He added that, Ramadan symbolises Allah’s way of teaching humanity on virtuous living, where people keep away from all forms of comfort to appreciate what the less privileged experience and deprivation they suffers daily.
He task Muslims to extend the lessons of Ramadan to the way we live with our neighbours.
“Let’s seek peace at all times and promote unity of purpose in our society” the Lawmaker demanded.
“May the celebration brings sustainable peace to our homes, my district, Kogi State and Nigeria, he concluded.
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has commended Senator Basheer Lado, for redefining the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, stating that, for the first time in a long while, the office is fully meeting its expectations.
Speaking during his visit to the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters accompanied by distinguished senators, Akpabio described the visit as a significant step in strengthening Executive-Legislative relations.
He praised the Special Adviser and his team for maintaining the confidentiality of communications between the President and Senate, and also, ensuring a seamless flow of information. He further emphasized that the office is now more result-oriented.
Additionally, he acknowledged the office’s diligent efforts in tracking all Bills passed by the Senate and assented to by the President, underscoring its critical role in legislative efficiency.
Expressing his satisfaction, Akpabio noted that he and the Senate delegation were proud of the office’s achievements and looked forward to sustaining the existing cordial and productive relationship between the Executive and the Legislature throughout the administration.
In recognition of his exemplary leadership, Senator Lado presented an Award of Excellence to Senator Akpabio.
In his remarks, Senator Lado reaffirmed his commitment to fostering a harmonious working relationship between the Executive and the Legislature. He lauded Akpabio for his unwavering dedication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda—defending it with clarity, articulating it with passion, and advancing it through legislative action.
Ahead of the 2025 political party Congresses, Plateau State Chapter of the Labour Party (LP) stakeholders has endorsed the defection of the candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections and the leader of Justice and Rebirth, Barr Gyang Zi SAN, to the All Progressive Congress (APC) with the view to key into the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
They made the call in a communique issued at the end of the enlarge meeting of the stakeholders from Plateau North senatorial zone at the residence of Barr. Gyang Zi in Rayfield Jos.
The communique which was jointly signed by Dr. Ayiki Sati Director General, Justice and Rebirth and
Barr. Samuel Galadima- 2024 Chairmanship candidate of Jos East LGA among others said the call became imperative on the sideline of the leadership tussle at the National Level which violates the core principles and values for the formation of the Party as an alternative for Nigeria for the protection, sustenance of democracy and Social Justice.
They regretted that the leadership tussle has also divided the party into factions leaving party loyalists and supporters in the state of despondency and confusion not knowing where they belong.
Our correspondent reports that the gathering included LP candidates from the 2023/2024 general elections, party executives, and support groups from the six local government areas of the Northern Senatorial District.
Besides, the focus of the discussions was centered on the state of the Labour Party at both national and state levels and the need for political realignment ahead of the 2025 party congresses and conventions.
The stakeholders further frowned at the structural weaknesses in LP and resolved to advise Barr Gyang Zi, to leave the party and join the APC while expressing confidence that the APC would provide him with a platform to advance good governance in the state .
The communique also emphasized the importance of political consultations, particularly with APC leaders at both state and national levels. It called for collaboration with Plateau State APC leaders, including Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda Goshwe, Sen. Simon Bako Lalong, Sen. Diket Plang, and other party officials.
According to the communique, supporters of Barr Gyang Zi also pledged to mobilize grassroots support for the APC, stating that their leader’s defection would strengthen the party in the state.
They urged the APC leadership to formally receive Gyang Zi and his supporters into the party, marking their official transition from the Labour Party.
Stakeholders also reiterated the need for inclusive governance, ensuring that youths, women, and less privileged individuals are sidelined in the democratic process and accordingly officially denounced their membership in the Labour Party, declaring their support for the APC.
They assured that all LP structures aligned with Gyang Zi would follow suit, shifting their loyalty to the ruling party in the state and at the National level.
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