The lawyer representing the sacked councilors in Plateau State, Gyang Zi, had said the Plateau Government was to pay the sum of N1.57 billion as severance allowance to the sacked councilors in the 17 local government areas of the state, following a court judgment which faulted their dissolution in 2015. Meanwhile, the counsel to Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Garba Pwul (SAN), has debunked the claim by sacked councilors that the government is to pay them severance allowances as a result of a court judgment. Zi had told newsmen, “By the judgment of the High Court last Friday, my…
Author: Ebuka Oka
The Head of Nutrition Division at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu disclosed that more than half of the close to one million children under five that die in Nigeria annually, died as a result of malnutrition. Dr. Chris Isokpunkwu stated this during a one day dissemination meeting of budget analysis of 2016/2017 health/nutrition budget and 2016 state specific score card on National Strategic Plan of Action (NSPAN) held at Kapital Club and Apartment, Asokoro, Abuja, last Friday. He said nutrition as a public health concern impact heavily on the economy of any nation noting that the higher…
The former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary in Plateau State, Hon. Barr. Damian Shekarau has finally decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Shekarau resigned as PDP’s secretary last march on on what he described as personal grounds and no response so far about his resignation by the PDP office in the state. Hon. Shekarau was formally admitted to the APC after fulfilling all the requirements at Kwande Ward in Quan’pan Local Government Area of Plateau state. (PLSG)