Plateau: Gov. Lalong Condemns Predecessors Over Abandoned Projects

Lalong Speaks On Changing His Name

The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has noted that the uncompleted projects by the past administration in the state almost destabilize his first term in office.

Governor Lalong stated this at a memorial church service, held at the Sacred Heart Cathedral Shendam LGA of the State, in honour of his late uncle, Miskoom Stephen Sule Nanbiet, who raised him.

In his statement, he claimed that his government uncompleted projects that he had to attend to, especially in schools and hospitals infrastructure which were dilapidated.

According to him, he cannot go to sleep when workers and pensioners were in pain and anguish over unpaid salaries, gratuities and pensions.

Governor Lalong stated that this made him pay the backlog and also recall over 2000 teachers that were sacked by the immediate past administration.

The Plateau State governor used the opportunity to shed more light on the controversy surrounding his names which is being challenged in court by candidate of the main opposition PDP over the last governorship elections.

He said, “When my uncle (Late Miskoom Stephen Sule) asked my father to release me to him, my father told him that he has become your son, take him with you. Because of the kind of tradition of love and oneness that exists in our culture. All of us under him bore his name – Sule because he registered us in school.”

“It was when I finished school that my uncle said now that you are grown up and since you are the first male child of your father, you need to bear his name.”

“That was when I did an affidavit to take on my family name of Bako. But unfortunately, my opponents are making an issue out of it even when the tribunal rejected their arguments,” Lalong explained.

Lalong added that someone’s helper can come from anywhere and God can use anyone to make you great.