The Plateau Our Heritage revival initiative, POHri, has proposed a summit in which to interrogate the backwardness of the State and possibly seek a way out of issues responsible for same.
Announcing this in an in-house memo to members of the group, the Secretary of the POHri, Comrade Friday Bako said the summit is intended for the 31st March, 2022.
The two year old prestigious non governmental body with members; drawn from all spheres of human endeavour said it will seek to identify key areas that needs a change for a better Plateau state; having survived the harshest of economic, political and human degradation in recent past.
The body has drawn experts from areas the State has comparative advantage to talk on identified areas such as tourism, mining, culture, agriculture, politics and leadership, especially when Plateau used to be the voice of northern minorities and the middlebelt region of Nigeria.
First Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and security Expert, Brig. Gen. Jon Temlong (rtd) is proposed to be the Chairman of the occasion.
Also, the proposed Moderator is a veteran Journalist, a former State Chairman of the Plateau state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, NUJ, and currently the Director of News and Current Affairs of the State-owned Plateau state Radio and Television Corppration, PRTVC, Mr. Yakubu Taddy.
Discussants will include,
Prof. Patricia Lar, (History of Plateau State), Barr. Dagwom Dang Ph.D (revenue generation), Barr. Henry Longpoe (Legal Aspect) and Victor Kuchili (Business).
The proposed Rapporteurs are:
Mr. James Magit who is expected to serve as Chairman, Dr. Jurbe Godep, Secretary, as well as Prof. Christy Best, Dr. Tsenkwo Bholla Joseph and Dr. Edward Bingel among others.
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