The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Plateau State, Dr. Patrick Dakum, has blamed the failure of the Simon Lalong Administration in the state on what he described as an all-knowing mentality and refusal to listen to advice from elders and stakeholders.
Addressing journalists at the NUJ Press Centre in Jos on Friday, Dakum said Lalong had closed his ears to wise counsel and refused to carry everyone along in providing content and direction for his administration.
He also disclosed that Lalong’s poor leadership style had left some members of his cabinet members so disillusioned and disgruntled that they had concluding plans to exit the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Dakum said that if voted into power, he would operate with listening ears and establish an Elders Consultative Council as an observatory and residue for action and policy direction.
Speaking further, he promised to give priority attention to the vulnerable in the society – women, the physically challenged, aged and children, especially in terms of empowerment and sundry benefits that will carry them along and give them a sense of belonging.
Dakum pledged that, in line with the Human Development Index (HDI), his LP government will harness the abundance of the environment to aggregate a development atmosphere that will not only attract high capital inflow through direct foreign investment but provide enough economic activity chain to engage the productive population.
Plateau State, he added, can leverage its agricultural, tourism, and mining advantages to drive its economic development and aspirations.
Dakum used the opportunity to call on Nigerians to vote en masse for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, noting that Nigeria is about to experience a prosperous and refreshing dawn with the LP presidential candidate, just as Plateau State will experience recovery in terms of development and self-fulfilment.
