The 2027 Mandate: Why Continuity Matters
A Scorecard of Purpose, Performance, and Progress for Plateau Central
- Understanding the Role: What Does a Senator Actually Do?
Before judging a Senator, the electorate must understand the three “Pillars of Legislative Duty.” Performance is not measured by how much cash is handed out, but by these three metrics:
Lawmaking (The Brain): Sponsoring bills that create permanent institutions (Universities, Hospitals) which outlive any individual’s term.
Representation (The Voice): Raising motions to bring the Federal Government’s attention to local issues like insecurity and roads.
Constituency Outreach (The Hands): Using “Zonal Intervention Projects” and personal influence to bring direct relief, training, and infrastructure to the people.
- The Legislative Scorecard (June 2023 – January 2026)
Senator Diket Plang has proven to be one of the most productive members of the 10th Senate. While others talk, he builds legal frameworks for our future.
Institutional Legacies (Bills & Motions)
Project/Initiative
Status/Impact
Federal University of Mining & Geosciences, Jos
Repeal and Establishment Bill. This turns Jos into a global hub for mineral research, creating thousands of jobs.
National Eye Center, Pushit
Bringing specialized healthcare to our doorstep so our aged don’t travel to Kaduna.
Federal Medical Center (FMC), Kabwir
Upgrading healthcare access for Kanke and surrounding LGAs, and states.
Akwanga-Jos-Bauchi Road Dualization
Successfully lobbied to include this in the President’s Legacy Projects.
National Population Commission (1st Line Charge)
A bill to ensure the NPC is properly funded for accurate census—essential for Plateau’s fair share of federal revenue.
- Human Capital & Infrastructure: Beyond the “Token”
The Senator’s opponents claim he only gives “tokens.” The facts show a deliberate strategy of Empowerment over Dependency.
A. Education & Security
Securing the Future: Perimeter fencing of GSS Mangu, GSS Bet, Langkuk Memorial Secondary School, Pankshin, GSS Kwalmiya, and others. This isn’t just “walls”—it is a direct response to the security threats facing our students.
Digital Literacy: Installation of an ICT Center at PLASU and distribution of 30 laptops to secondary schools.
Scholarships: Hundreds of indigent students are currently in school because the Senator cleared their fees or paid for their exams.
B. Economic Empowerment
The “Start-Up” Model: Training 300 women in digital marketing and soap making with seed grants.
Agricultural Revolution: Distributed 13 trailer loads of fertilizer and 300 water pumping machines for dry-season farming. This feeds families; it doesn’t just “give a fish,” it teaches how to fish.
Job Creation: Over 100 constituents have been placed in permanent, and pensionable federal jobs—a life-changing achievement that lasts 35 years.
C. Water & Light
15+ New Boreholes drilled across Mangu, Kanam, Bokkos, and Kanke.
Solar Revolution: Over 100 street lights from Ballang Kalep to Jivir, and mini-grids for NTA Jos and various palaces, ensuring security through illumination.
- Addressing the “Social Media War”
To the critics who see through a tribal lens: Senator Plang’s projects are spread across Mangu, Kanam, Bokkos, Pankshin, and Kanke. When a school is fenced in Kanam or a road is graded in Bokkos, it benefits the community, not a tribe. Hunger and insecurity do not ask for your tribe before they strike. Small and fearful minds will always hold unto tribalism, and the destruction of rising stars, through the “Pull-Him-Down” syndrome, as their life-line. What a shame?
To those asking for cash: A Senator who gives you ₦5,000 today has fed you for a day. A Senator who establishes a Federal University in your state has fed your children and grandchildren for a lifetime.
Conclusion: The Case for 2027
2027 is absolutely in the hands of God alone. All power belongs to Him. Based on John 3:27, “A person can receive only what is given to him from heaven.” Therefore, please, don’t hurt yourselves in your quest to destroy another person’s lamp. NO CONTEST, NO COMPARISM, NO EXCUSE.
To the eye of the majority constituents, who may not be heard on social media, Senator Diket Satso Plang is not just a politician; he is a Legislative Architect. In less than 3 years, he has moved from the “learning curve” to becoming a “Powerhouse” in the Senate. Changing a performing Senator mid-way is like stopping a house construction just before the rains starts, at the roofing stage—we, as a people, would lose the momentum and the influence he has built in the Red Chamber.
The Choice is Clear: Between the noise of social media and the evidence on the ground, let us choose Progress.
Evang. Dr. Samuel Mbok DD, MPEDS, MRPP, B.Ed, ADPA, RN
SLA to Sen Diket Satso Plang
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