President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong.
Lalong will now proceed to the National Assembly as Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial, a seat he won as affirmed by an appeal court ruling dated November 7, 2023.
VOP news gathered that the former Plateau State Governor is due to be sworn in later this week by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Lalong served as Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign Organization in the months leading up to the February presidential election.
He ran for the Senate office but lost, according to results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Lalong reportedly tendered his resignation privately to the President after last Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House.