With the conclusion of the party governorship primaries across the country and the emergence of candidates for the position of governor from all the political parties, one state that will attract interest of Nigerians is no other than Plateau state where a lot have happened over the past years that have triggered the need for a paradigm shift in governance of the state.
The violence that has engulfed this once peaceful, bubbling
and melting pot state of the federation in the recent past has not sold the
state well considering that it is the state with a huge potential for tourism
development in the country.
Since 1999 till date, two parties have ruled the state and
has not done well to better the lots of the people of the state in general. This
is because of the lack of a clear cut vision to make the state better. This scenario
has been made worse in the past three and half years where a most ineffective
and inefficient government has held sway in the state leading to loss of innocent
lives and destruction of hard earned properties.
It is for this reason that the home of peace and tourism in
the country is craving for a better governor with the best quality of
governance come 2019 a person that can better the lots of the state and make
it regain its lost glory as a peaceful
and tourism active state. When the news of the emergence of John Pofi as the
governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party SDP a party that has
espoused the values of social justice and progress was made known, the joy that
greeted his emergence across the length and breadth of the state cannot not be
overemphasised. This is because the people see in him a personality that has
all it takes to turn the fortunes of the state around for the better.
The people are no longer interested in the political party at
this point in time. What they want is the best candidate available who can
remain committed to what he has promised to do for the people. This is the kind
of candidate that John Pofi is. He has promised to tackle the issue of education,
insecurity that has pervaded the state, improvement in health care delivery,
improvement of the economy through industrialisation, improvement in tourism in the state as well as engineer the
growth and progress of other sectors of state that has drastically retrogressed over the years. People who know
this man of God that has touched the lives of the people in so many ways trust
him to deliver on his promises and change the narrative of ill governance in
the state. The word of God says that when the righteous rules, the people
rejoice. John Pofi's governorship in the state will reflect this aspect of the
Bible and the people will surely get the reward of having belief in him and the
SDP.
As Plateau people, we owe it as a duty to do the needful by
ensuring that we do not allow ourselves to be deceived again. We have an
obligation to choose the best candidate available and John Pofi is that
candidate. If we make the mistake not to do the needful, our state will be
taken back in a way that our children
will find it difficult to forgive us for not heeding this advice.
This is our chance and we must seize it and not fail. Plateau
is our state and we fervently hope and pray that a situation whereby military
officers will just wake up any day to terrorise our people will not be allowed
by a governor that has the people at heart as John Pofi will do when elected
into office. He will do it no matter the challenges because he is a man that
keeps to his words. I know him well and trust him not to fail the people and we
must all join hands to send those who have failed the state using the guise of
party politics back to where they belong which is the dustbin of history.
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