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Following the challenges faced by residents of Plateau State in enrolling for the National Identity Number as a result of few enrolment centres, Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, says he has secured a registration licence for Plateau State Government.
The Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Macham Makut, in a statement on Sunday, said the licence granted to Plateau State by the Federal Government is for one year and it is subject to renewal upon satisfactory performance during the period.
According to him, the approval which was conveyed to the Governor by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy through the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission, Aliyu Aziz, indicates that the Plateau State Government can now participate in the registration of residents of the state into the national identity database in line with the provisions of the NIMC Act and other guidelines issued.
Plateau Varsity Strike: Gov Lalong sets up 7-Man committee to resolve lingering issues
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DAILY POST recalls that the Plateau State branch of ASUU had last Friday declared an indefinite strike.
The Union said it was embarking on the strike because of seven issues, despite several calls on the state government to resolve them.
Dr Bentse Pamson, who is the institution’s ASUU Branch chairperson told DAILY POST in Jos, that the decision by their members to embark on the strike was reached during their congress last Friday.
Pamson said, “We just held our congress yesterday, where our members unanimously agreed to proceed on strike immediately.
Plateau State Government said the one-month-old protests by Local Government Workers in the state over the implementation of the National Minimum wage is more political than fighting for their rights.
Arts and Culture in 2020
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By Prisca Sam-Duru
It is hard to point at a particular period or year in modern history that has shaped humanity the way the year 2020 has. No thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition to the global crisis, insecurity, the ENDSARS protest, poor economy, corruption in form of looting of the nation’s treasury by politicians, and hunger, made the ended year a most challenging one for Nigerians. All this no doubt, impacted negatively on every sector, leaving the art and culture sector, the hardest hit.
By the end of 2019, most art and culture producers and promoters had strategized on how to improve upon their earlier performances in 2020, but the arrival of the Coronavirus which is still ravaging the world punctuated their plans.