Plateau House of Assembly has approved the request by Governor Caleb Mutfwang to acquire a loan of N15 billion to settle the backlog of salary arrears of the state civil servants which amounted to N11 billion. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Moses Sule, who read the Governor’s request during plenary, said that part of the loan would also be used to …

Local government chairmen in Plateau State have declared that the state governor, Caleb Mutfwang has no power to suspend them from office. On Thursday, the governor announced the suspension of all the 17 local government chairmen claiming the inability to submit accounts for their expenditures. But in a swift reaction on the next day, the council chairmen rejected the suspension …

Ad hoc workers crippled activities at the Plateau State College of Health Technology, in the Pankshin Local Government Area of the state on Thursday over 45 months of unpaid salaries. They barricaded the main gate of the institution at about 10 am., displaying placards with inscriptions about their plight. Their leader, identified as Mr Wambutda, said it was appalling that …