{"id":301884,"date":"2023-12-20T12:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=301884"},"modified":"2023-12-20T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T11:41:54","slug":"breaking-ex-minister-of-labour-simi-lalong-sworn-in-as-plateau-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/12\/20\/breaking-ex-minister-of-labour-simi-lalong-sworn-in-as-plateau-senator\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ex-Minister Of Labour, Simon Lalong Sworn In As Plateau Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The former governor had asked the tribunal to nullify the emergency of Bali being that the PDP did not have a proper party structure and therefore could not file candidates for the elections.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The tribunal in the judgment read by Justice Muhammad Tukur declared in the negative the declaration of the PDP candidate as the winner saying the votes scored by the PDP candidate were wasted votes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Simon Lalong, a former governor of Plateau state, has been sworn in as the senator representing Plateau south district.<\/p>\n<p>The oath of office was administered on Lalong, immediate-past minister of labour and employment, on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Simon Macham, his media aide, disclosed that the former minister had tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>After he was sworn in, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said the occasion was an &#8220;epoch-making achievement&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me congratulate Simon Lalong for this epoch- making achievement. 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