The Presidency confirmed that Simon Lalong, the Minister of Labour and Employment, resigned and that President Bola Tinubu accepted his resignation.
Following an appeal court decision dated November 7, 2023, Lalong will now represent Plateau South Senatorial in the National Assembly, a seat he won.
“Lalong has tendered his resignation. However, it wasn’t during the actual FEC meeting. A presidential aide informed our correspondent that “it must have been after the meeting because, if it were earlier, the President or SGF would have announced it during the meeting.”
Senate President Godswill Akpabio is scheduled to swear in the former governor of Plateau State later this week, it was gathered.
Lalong served as Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign Organisation in the months leading to the February Presidential election.
He ran for the Senate office but lost, according to results by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
However, he challenged the result in court and won at the Court of Appeal.
It was gathered that Lalong, a lawyer and two-term Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, tendered his resignation privately to the President after last 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.”
However, our correspondent confirmed that there would be no FEC meeting this week, making last Wednesday’s meeting Lalong’s likely final appearance as a council member.
