Plateau South All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders have endorsed the state governor, Simon Lalong, as candidate in next year’s senatorial election.
This is on the against the backdrop of purchase of forms and public endorsements by the Plateau South APC and the Patty’s Legacy Group the constituency’s senatorial seat, ahead of the 2023 elections.
The APC stakeholders from the three local government areas of Quan-Pan, Shendam, Mikang, met with Laong on Tuesday in Jos, and asked the governor to accede to the peoples’ demand and stand as the party’s candidate in the next general elections.
Chairman of the stakeholders forum, Joseph Ari, while expressing the position of the meeting, held that the entire stakeholders, including youth and women groups and other members of the party, were well pleased with the sterling performance of the governor in the state.
Ari as saying, “Gov Lalong has impacted positively on the lives of our people and we call on all lovers of peace to support him irrespective of party affiliation in order to benefit from his wealth of experience and varied contacts.”
The motion was seconded by the Majority Leader of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Naanlong Daniel.
Ari, who is the current Director General of the Industrial Training Fund also extended an invitation to all supporters and well wishers of the governor, to grace the formal presentation of the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to Lalong in Shendam, headquarters of Plateau South Senatorial Zone.
Meanwhile, the Plateau Legacy Group had earlier obtained the N20 Million APC senatorial nomination form for Governor Lalong to lure him into the 2023 senatorial contest for Plateau South Senatorial District.
The group, chaired by the member representing Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, with the state Accountant General, Cyril Tsenyil, as Secretary, has the 17 Local Government Council Chairmen in Plateau state as members, as well as commissioners and other apppntees of the governor.
Other members of the group include some state and national assembly members of the APC and other party stakeholders who share in the beliefs and aspirations of the Lalong administration and working in harmony towards a smooth APC succession in Plateau state in the 2023 general elections.
Presenting the Senatorial nomination form to Chairman of the group, on behalf of the governor, National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Mohammed Argungu, commended the group for the love shown to their governor which made them the first to obtain the APC senatorial nomination form with serial number senate 001.