Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Lalong has left President Bola Ahmed Tinubu cabinet, it was learnt at the weekend.
Lalong, immediate past Plateau State governor, has opted to take the Plateau South Senatorial seat which he won.
He is due to be sworn in this week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources said last night.
Lalong, the Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign Organization in the rundown to the February Presidential poll, was declared loser of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He challenged the result, and victory was given to him by the Court of Appeal
Lalong, a lawyer and two-term Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, tendered his resignation after Wednesday’s FEC meeting, in preparation for resumption at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly.
A presidential aide Imran Muhammad in his X handle last night twitted: “President Tinubu has accepted Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong’s resignation from the cabinet. His valedictory will hold at the next FEC meeting.”
Also, the spokesman for APC in Plateau State, Sylvanus Namang also confirmed Lalong’s resignation from FEC.
Lalong received his Certificate of Return last month.
The Court of Appeal ordered the electoral commission to issue him the certificate of return, following the nullification of the election of Air Vice Marshall Napoleon Bali of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who has now vacated the seat.
