The senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, Simon Lalong, has urged President Bola Tinubu to fill Plateau state’s vacant ministerial slot.
Lalong, a former governor of the state stated this on Monday at the stakeholders meeting of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos.
Lalong was appointed minister of labour and employment by President Bola Tinubu.
However, months after his appointment, he resigned and went to the senate after the Court of Appeal declared him winner of the controversial senatorial election.
Addressing the meeting, the former governor said it is not fair that Plateau state had been without a minister since his resignation several months ago.
“It is not fair that Plateau has been without a minister for the past seven months.
“Whatever is the stumbling block, we want it removed so that we will have a minister because we are entitled to it constitutionally.
“I know the president is a democrat, and he listens to his people.
“I am sure, by the time he returns from his trip abroad, he will do something so that we will have a minister,” Lalong said.
He also expressed surprise about the refusal of the speaker of the Plateau state House of Assembly to swear in APC members despite a court order to that effect.