Plateau Good Governance Project, PGGP, a political socio-cultural group, has urged the people of the state to queue behind Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 governorship election.
The group, headed by Aaron Gowon, hinged its call on the relative peace and security the state had witnessed during the reign of Mr Lalong as the governor of the state.
Mr Gowon, who addressed newsmen in Jos, noted that the state had, in the time past, suffered many setbacks in the hands of its leaders and specialised cabals who knitted the gory stories thus leading to an era of incessant crisis.
According to him, this nagging situation changed after Mr Lalong mounted the seat of power in 2015.
He added that insecurities in the state has been pushed to the lowest ebb with residents and aborigines living together without traces of distrust and the fear of unhealthy association is a jinx which has been broken by Governor Simon Lalong.
Mr Gowon added that Mr Lalong is a man of peace, accountability and a sincere vendor of purposeful leadership.
“Governor Simon Lalong is a father figure and a silent achiever. Within this few years in office, he has been able to foster peace and unity, community development and security through a paradigm phase of mindset revolution without arm struggle.
“We must commend the achievements of this big iroko and we have resolved in our close door meetings held with eleven other good governance seeking group to task him in a bid to do more.
“At this juncture, permit me to highlight the agreement fine-tune at the last joint consultative meeting championed by the Plateau Good Governance Project,” Mr Gowon said.
“Governor Simon Lalong since the history of Plateau state is the only leader who never initiated his own projects by abandoning projects left behind by his predecessor. Rather, he has continued to initiate new reforms across the state at the same time completing abandoned projects left by his predecessor.
“As a group, we would not allow the fortunes of our State and the upcoming glory of revival to waste. Hence, a vote for Governor Simon Lalong in the forthcoming election is a vote for democracy.”
