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THE JOS PLATEAU ELEMENTS: A Keynote Address
Dr. Tanko Ahmed's keynote address at the MyRole Aid Mission annual lecture highlights the importance of understanding Plateau State's past, present, and future within the broader context of Nigeria's political and economic landscape. The speech emphasizes themes of governance, peace, and economic development while exploring the unique group dynamics and elements that define Plateau culture. The address aims to encourage attendees to reflect on their roles in fostering progress and stability in both Plateau State and Nigeria as a whole.
THE JOS PLATEAU ELEMENTS: A Keynote Address
- 1. THE PLATEAU ELEMENTS Past,Present, & Future A Keynote Address BY Dr Tanko Ahmed fwc MD, AANDEC Consult, Abuja
- 2. The Event -26th Oct 2023
- 3. ABOUT MYROLE AIDMISSION Annual Lecture Series An Opinion Moulding and Attitudinal Change Organisation Mission Statement To underscore the need to know who we are, where we are, and where we are going Like Everybody Else in the World
- 4. Crowd Clouding: The MyroleAid Mission Magazine
- 5. The Conference Outline •Plateau Politics - Governance and the need to unify the people for meaningful progress and development. • Peace and Security - Perennial conflicts and the search for stability. • Economic Development - The need for recovery and refocus on state-building within the Nigerian Project. The Keynote deals briefly with the umbrella theme of PLATEAU OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
- 6. The Nigerian Project •The Nigerian Project, as it is generally called, is a political economic process with social implications. • It trails on Nigeria’s historical background, to determine the present, and project the future. This keynote address rides on the above structural proposition.
- 7. Plateau State Withinthe Nigerian Project • Nigeria was a product of British Colonial empire-building and the emergence of Nation- States. • Plateau State is a product of Nigeria’s nation- building, a sub-set of the former. • The success of Plateau State as a people will translate into the success of Nigeria as a nation.
- 8. Group Dynamics • Elementsare abstract parts of any entity depicting its group dynamics. • Group or Community elements are what we see in the nature of the people as they relate to their environment The Plateau Elements are the qualities that make ‘Plateau the Beautiful’.
- 9. The Plateau Elements ^Attraction- Irresistibly Beautiful ^Accommodation - Big- Hearted ^Association - Fast Blending ^Attestation - Tells Own Story
- 10. The Way Forward Eachof the Plateau Element is a Blessing or Burden, depending on the way they are handled • Attraction may invite good or evil • Accomodation may bring friends or foes • Association may bring safety or danger • Attestation may utter love or hate • Ascension may rise straight or crooked Our Esteemed Speakers would show us the Way to Follow
- 11. Conclusive • This Keynoteseeks to address the group dynamics of Plateau State, by its unique elements, within the Nigerian Project • We are blessed today, at this special event, with esteemed Guest Speakers about to address us on the Plateau politics, economic development, peace, and security. • This Keynote constructs the riddle of making sense of what we are about to hear - and Work with.
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