The Plateau Initiative for Development and Advancement of the Natives has wished the citizens of Plateau State a wonderful celebration and a prosperous 2024 New Year.
The message was contained in a statement dated 21st December, 2023 jointly signed by the President, Prof. Aboi Masaki and Cmr. Nanle Gujor.
PIDAN hopes that the Citizens enjoy a yuletide season free of violence but full of peace, merriment and pageantry. It pleaded that the Yuletide activities should demonstrate all that Jesus Christ preached while on Earth and stood for as the way to eternal life.

“PIDAN equally wishes to appreciate and to place on record the numerous development project initiatives, as can be seen in the Jos metropolis and other parts of the State, of the Caleb Mutfwang administration and to wish His Excellency excellent health and more wisdom in the New Year.
“We wish to appreciate the security agencies for the good work they have been doing resulting in the relative peace which we presently enjoy. We commend the good leadership of the current General Officer Commanding (GOC), both the 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigeria Army and Operation Safe Haven which has made the difference in the very good level of Security and Peace in the State. “We wish to further appeal to the security agencies to take additional measure to strengthen the security architecture and increase their level of vigilance in the light of the forthcoming Yuletide so as to prevent criminals, kidnappers and bandits from wreaking havoc in communities during the festive period.
“Events of the last few years have shown that yuletide periods are period of mass gathering and criminals, kidnappers and bandits may take advantage of such times to wreak havoc to communities”.

The body appealed to church leaders to beef up security around their premises and avoid late night programs so as not to create environment where kidnappers and bandits could easily take advantage of and create security problems in the State.
It commended the efforts of the leadership of the development associations in the State in contributing to effective community policing and taking care of internally displaced persons.
“We wish to appeal to them to step up their vigilante group activities to improve the safety of their communities during the Yuletide period.

“PIDAN appreciates the conduct of most politicians in the State who heeded to our advice that we allow the legal processes take its full course as they relate to the elections of our leaders in the 2023 general elections and accept in good faith the final outcome of the election results as validated by the judicial pronouncements.
“PIDAN wishes to appreciate and respect the feelings of those politicians and citizens not pleased with the outcome of declarations of both the electoral umpires and the judiciary but we need to remind them that creating chaos and confusion among the people will not help us nor strengthen the fragile peace and unity which we yearn for and so much cherish. We wish to urge them to continue to pursue their interest within the existing legal framework to their logical conclusions.

“We are equally appealing to those whose cases have been concluded to demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in both victory and defeat. We had at the beginning of the elections knew that there will be winners and losers and we expected all participants to have prepared their minds for both types of outcomes. “We wish to state in unequivocal terms that wild public demonstration or activities capable of disturbing public peace in relation to electoral outcomes in particular and other reasons in general, are not welcomed by PIDAN and we urge all those with such plans to shelve them because such shall not be supported by us or those who mean well for the State. We look forward to a justifiable outcome as we await the judgement of the Supreme Court on the leadership contest in Plateau State.
“Finally, PIDAN wishes to appeal to all citizens to take security concerns very seriously in all programs and engagements and report suspicious persons and strange faces to the police and community traditional chiefs as means of reducing the risks of unpleasant events. We wish all citizens of the State a wonderful Christmas celebration and a prosperous new year”

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PIDAN Greets Plateau Citizens at Yuletide, Calls for Greater Vigilance