Assist govs to improve economy, Lalong asks SSGs

Jos—Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State
has tasked secretaries to governments in
the 36 states of the federation to bring their
wealth of experience, contribute their quota
and assist their respective governors to
drive the diverse policies designed by their
governments to take their states out of
economic recession.


According to him, this is the only way the
common man will feel the positive aspect of
the change agenda of the Federal
Government.
Lalong gave the charge yesterday in Jos,
while addressing participants at the 4th
Progressive Governors Forum Policy Design
session for All Progressives Congress, APC,
Secretaries to State Governments, where he
urged them to rise to the call of duty and
carry out the responsibilities of their offices
with utmost sense of commitments.
The governor, who was represented by his
Deputy, Professor Sonni Tyoden, said: “I
admonish you in the words of our President
to think outside the box as abnormal
challenges call for abnormal solutions.
“You are responsible for designing the
framework for these policies and you
continue to remain at the controls of what is
generally called the engine room of
government.”