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The Labour Party in Plateau State on Wednesday took its campaign
to Quan’Pan Local Government Area, some 250 kilometres South of Jos. Labour
Party members told newsmen later that they were overwhelmed by the turnout in
the area, being the home of the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the April election.

“We never expected this,” Jimmy Chetto, director general of the
Labour Party gubernatorial campaign in the state said, “yes, we knew we were
going to have a good impact and have a good crowd here today. But we certainly
did not expect this overwhelming support and turn out. It is great.”

Addressing the crowd of supporters after party flags were
presented to the candidates for State House of Representatives, and the three
senatorial seats in the state, Labour Party’s gubernatorial flag bearer,
Pauline Tallen, recalled that she was on the same ground four years ago to
plead with the people to vote the present government of Jonah Jang to power.

“I was here with you in this same venue this time in 2007. I
pleaded with you then to vote for PDP, and vote for Jang, hoping that he would
take the state to a new level.”

Explaining the change of fortune, Mrs Tallen regretted that the
present government in the state has disappointed the people, fracturing a lot
of social values, and “is leaving the state worse than any other administration
before it.”

Agenda in the state

Emphasising that her administration, if voted into power, will
put emphasis on women, youth development, and agriculture, Mrs Tallen said
“this time around, I am canvassing for your support and votes for myself
because I am convinced that I can do it.”

She urged the people to vote for change in the next election by
voting for the Labour Party in all the elections, reminding the audience at the
rally that “this is the opportunity you have to salvage yourselves and the
future of our children.”

Mrs Tallen preached the values and virtues of justice, equal
opportunities, job creation, reconciliation, and unity as the rally moved from
Ba’ap to Kwal, to Kurgwi, to Kwande, and Namua, all in Quan’Pan Local
Government Area, before proceeding to Tunkus and Uarkawa in Mikang Local
Government Area.

Continuing the campaign tour of Plateau South which took her and
the entire campaign trail to her home town in Shendam Local Government Area on
Thursday, Mrs Tallen and her entourage paid a courtesy call on the Long Goemai
in his palace where the team solicited the blessings of the Royal father in the
April elections.

“We have arrived Shendam today, on our campaign tour. As my
father and the father of all of us, we have come to pay you our respect and get
your blessings in this struggle to bring about positive change, peace and unity
to Plateau,” Mrs Tallen told the traditional ruler.