Engr. F.S. Damang Declares Intention for Mangu North East Constituency under SDP, Unveils Blueprint”

By Amb. Friday Bako
Viewpoint Nigeria
24th April, 2018

Hope 2019: F.S. Damang Unveils Manifesto,
Promises to Bring Social-Economic Development
to His Constituency.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the Plateau State House of Assembly,
Mangu North East South; F.S. Damang yesterday unveiled his political manifesto to the
good people of his constituency with a promise to bring social-economic development to his
constituency through participatory approach.

F.S. DAMANG
The SDP candidate, who reeled out his political manifesto to a large group of people from
his constituency, assured them that to achieve a legacy of sustainable development across
the constituency he is going to use participatory approach to ensure that the constituents
are carried along in the prioritization, design, implementation, and evaluation of projects.

F.S. Damang said he will structure his activities within a distinct agenda that include an
economic development agenda that will be focused on generation of sustainable economic
opportunities for micro, small and medium enterprise, adding that there will also be a
capacity agenda that will support institutional strengthening for local and community based
organizations.

F.S. Damang, a Computer Scientist and an entrepreneur, added that he is also going to
have a peace-building agenda that will foster stability in vulnerable and conflict impacted
communities, together with an analysis and advocacy agenda that will seek to promote
analysis, understanding and awareness of socio-economic needs in the constituency and
identify strategies for addressing them.

He stressed that his mission statement is, “to develop and promote the relationship between
the constituents and their representative in the House for a more people oriented and
people centered policies and development process in Mangu North East Constituency,
Plateau State.”

F.S. Damang, added that his vision is to promote and advocate the integration of gender
participation and awareness of gender issues into projects design and implementation to
foster equitable participation and benefits for both men and women.

He said he will ensure a regime of value proposition to open up the development space for
corporate organizations operating in the constituency to partner in the socio-economic
development of the constituency, adding that there will be a genuine relationships building and development of partnership with foreign development organization in addressing the
socioeconomic needs of the constituency.

The SDP Plateau State House of Assembly candidate added that he is going to harness
opportunities that will complement projects with additional socioeconomic benefits, adding
that development projects will be based on social research and peace building.

He pointed out that his strategic point agenda in achieving his vision is to collaborate with
the executive to foster sustainable development within the constituency and empower
communities in his constituency to generate a broad range of support from government at
other levels, non-governmental and international partners.

He also pointed out that he will collaborate with the executive to increase the capacity of
key government and community organs at the grassroots level to generate sustainable
development of the constituency, adding that he will also demonstrate how real
collaboration between the various stakeholders can generate more effective results in
addressing the community needs and development challenges.

F.S. Damang called on the people of his constituency to define the kind of change they
want and ensure that the candidate they finally elect is the one they can trust and relate with
harmoniously, stressing that he has no doubt in his mind that this time around the people
will consider capacity, capability, antecedent and preparedness, to be subject of scrutiny of
the common man and woman in the constituency as they go to the polls to elect their
representatives.

According to Damang: “In our own peculiar case, there are many agricultural and human potentials with which could easily be tapped into to augment scarce government resources with a view to bringing about the improvement of the living standards of the people of this
constituency.”

Let’s think twice!

Vote F.S. Damang
Mangu North East
Plateau State

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Engr. F.S. Damang Declares Intention for Mangu North East Constituency under SDP, Unveils Blueprint”