Pres. Tinubu accepts Labour Minister Lalong’s resignation

President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Simon Lalong, who is to be sworn in as the Senator representing Plateau South in the Nation Assembly.

An Appeal Court had on November 7, 2023 affirmed the election of the immediate governor of Plateau State.

Persecondnews reports that sources at the Senate said Lalong will be sworn in this week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Lalong had served as the Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation in the February 2023 presidential race.

He stood for election for the Senate but lost as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Lalong, however, challenged the outcome of the election in court and won at the Court of Appeal.

Lalong, a lawyer and two-term Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, had tendered his resignation privately to the President after last week Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House.

Confirming this, a Twitter user in the President’s camp, Imran Mohammad said: “President Tinubu, Accepted Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, resignation from the cabinet, his valedictory will hold next FEC meeting.”