Friday Bako

PLATEAU STATE GOVERNMENT WARNS AGAINST STIGMATIZATION OF COVID 19 PATIENTS – Manjang All human beings are equal irrespective of their social status.There is therefore no need to stigmatize anyone who is found to have contracted the Coronavirus or any other disease for that matter. Plateau State Commissioner of Information and Communication Dan Manjang in a […]

The Plateau state Government has expressed serious concern on the unauthorised use of security passes in the state, saying the state had invalidated use of all passes issued and would issue new ones to qualified persons on Thursday to checkmate the practice. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof Danladi Atu, made this known on […]

Jos – The Chairman of Plateau State Taskforce on COVID-18 and the Executive Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has said so far the State has tested a total of 14,816 cumulative samples out of which 982 returned positive having received 10,922 results while 3,894 test results are pending. The Governor who […]

PLATEAU STATE HOSPITALS MANAGEMENT BOARD PRESS STATEMENT Steps to contain COVID-19 in Plateau State The Plateau State Hospitals Management Board led by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Dakwak Yamma Dajom, has taken stringent measures to stem the spread of Coronavirus in the state in line with the mandate of Plateau State Governor Rt. Hon. Dr. […]

A SPECIAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT – AN APOLOGY. You will recall that in the course of the week, I issued an announcement with respect to the flagrant disregard to government order by the public with regards to the Presidential Order imposing a curfew on the country between the hours of 8.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. of […]

By Golok Nanmwa,Jos Plateau state Government has planted Closed-circuit television CCTV cameras at major borders in the state to check the entrance of persons to the state . It could be recalled that Governor Simon Lalong who is the Chairman of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, Governor Simon Lalong had recently directed that all entry and […]

PRESS RELEASE COVID-19: LOCKDOWN CONTINUES. You will recall that there is an existing lockdown order in Plateau State with regards to COVID-19 which specifies that the lockdown should be observed on Mondays to Wednesdays, while Thursdays to Sundays are allowed for partial lockdown. You will also recall that a press release was issued last week […]

PRESS RELEASE PLATEAU STATE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAUCUS DONATES TO COVID-19 FUND. In what could be described as “putting aside political differences” for the progress of Plateau State, members of the National Assembly Caucus from the State were at the Government House, Rayfield in Jos to present their donation to Governor Simon Bako Lalong towards the […]