No Strong Opposition On The Plateau To Unseat Lalong-Plateau Deputy Speaker

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Yakubu Busari

The Deputy Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Saleh Shehu Yipmong has said there is no strong  opposition on the Plateau to  unseat the incumbent Governor Simon Bako Lalong, he added that it is because Lalong  practice an all-inclusive  governance in curtailing crises that has bedevil the state since the return of democracy.

He disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will not make any meaningful Impact in the forthcoming general elections in the state.

Yipmong,  a member representing Dangi Constituency in the  state house of Assembly, made this  disclosure  iat his residence in federal Low cost in Jos North local government on Sunday.

He noted that the entire Plateau central are prepare for the governorship and presidential elections looking at the records of performance in the last 5 years so central zone is entirely APC because there is no member of the PLHA is from the opposition party .

Yipmong says APC is one of the rooted political party in plateau and  beyond what people are merely speculating as according to him, the Party is fully embraced by the majority of the citizens in the state due to policies and Programes it has embarked upon by the leadership from the executive and the Legislative arms in plateau.

“I want to assure you that there is No strong opposition in Plateau state, because PDP that supposed to be a formidable force to fight APC to a standstill, is not serious. They are not doing the needful.

“If they are saying that President Mohammedu Buhari is too old to rule and they went and bring another old Man of the similar age to contest for the governor of the state, how do they want people to take them serious?

“APC in the past four years has remedy all forms of challenges with the inherited from the sixteen years of PDP government. We has introduce all inclusive governance.

” Before 2015, plateau was witnessing attacks everywhere, People we’re living in a segemented area, Muslims were afraid of going to Christian areas, and Christians were afraid of going to Muslim areas b cause there was a lot of apprehensions.

“Today, we have made Programes that has changed the lives of the people, we have made peace in the state and have broken the jinx of ‘No Go Area’ as both divides move freely.

“So let me tell you that, APC has no Challenger in Plateau state, you said the president is old and you are bringing an old Man to the state, it doesn’t make sense”. He added.

The Lawmaker who is recontesting for the position of a state Legislative arms said d he is confident to sweep the polls, saying he had made a remarkable impact on his constituents and as such his people have assured him of given him another mandate to consolidate on the gains.

According to him, apart from legislating on issues that would make life bearable to the public, a free medical outreach was held where over two thausand People benefited.

“I also sank five boreholes in my constituents, and when we came in, the whole of Kanam, it was only Dangi that had electricity, and I had to extend it to Dangi Town I also provided transformer to Kunkyam.

“I also upgraded primary health care in Kagir as well as build a town hall and constituency Office to ease the burden of the people from from running up and down”.

We are going to galvanized support in the 5 local government areas of Plateau state to drum support and maintain our 2015 victory .

The Deputy Speaker told journalists that he contested under the platform of the APC and he won with landslide victory so the forthcoming poll is a repeat of what happen in Dengi constituency because I have never failed my people as member representing them .

He stressed that before now elections in Nigeria was always bon higher bidder but the narrative has been change so they have to compare and contrast the former legislature and the present which show that there is drastic change in handling leadership affairs.

Hon Saleh Shehu said the duty of the legislature is not to make law but to focus more of three function which include, law making ,oversight function and quality representation were people need to have confidence on the members ,the system is so decay that those parliamentarians are not allow to discharge their function effectively .

Adding ,instance of focusing more on making laws they now promised the electorate to provide roads ,health care delivery which is the major setback we the legislature are facing .

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