Sen. Diket Plang Celebrates Christmas with Delivery of Two Trailer Loads of Rice & Caws as Gifts
By: Labaran Ahmed
The Plateau Central Senatorial District Senator,Diket Plang, who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Employment, Labour, and Productivity at the Red Chamber has advocated for love and empathy among constituents as they about to celebrate the birth of Christ.
The Senator used the opportunity to thanked God for the gift of another Christmas and Year, he equally spread the message of love with the delivery of one and the half trailer loads of rice to be distributed to his people of Plateau Central.
In a Christmas message, the Senator emphasized the importance of sharing among Christians and Muslims, while calling on both religion to make strong relationship towards building love and understanding between them during Christmas, Sallah or Independence Day Celebration.
"Mine as a representative of the good people of the Plateau Central, I need to give something small at least to add to the numbers of dishes for my constituents to celebrate during Christmas.
He said "all religious people were supposed to give to one other, that is why I decided to invite you the stakeholders, religious leaders, politicians, when it is Christmas or Sallah, we should celebrate it together, I dear say, let me give some Christians brethren a rice so that they can invite their Muslims brothers to eat.
"The Rice categorically is for the physically challenge people, aged, party men and women cut across all political parties in Plateau Central Zone. I bought about Thousands of Bags of Rice to distribute, that is about trailer and half , but I knew the Rice wouldn't go round".
He pleaded with some of the coordinators to make enough sacrifice in the rice distribution to reach the last people designated as beneficiaries, so let share it accordingly so that everyone can enjoy and let extend love to one another .
According to him, Christmas is one of the most important period in the calendar of christian world over and it also marked the end and the beginning of the year, which connect with the New Year .
Sen.Diket Plang prayed that this year Xmas is going to be peaceful celebration as he also urged citizens to partner with the security and government to ensure that the festivity become hitch free .
He stressed that this Christmas marked period for us to all dance and extend our brotherhood and demonstrate patriosim,we might be deferred in tongues ,tribes and religious but in brotherhood we stand.
Diket reiterated the need for our people to promote peaceful coexistence amongst them and providing conducive environment for business friendly relationship.
He tasked politicians to shun politics of characters assaisanation and blackmail and promote the spirit of love and togetherness because this period wasn’t for Muslim or Christian alone .
Sen .Diket stated that in the spirit of celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ the Stakeholders in Plateau Central Senatorial District are going to get cows including the APC stalwart in the state.