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RECENT STATEMENT BY JANG AGAINST THE YOUTH IS SAID TO BE DIRECTED AT HIS POLITICAL PROTÉGÉ
By Joseph A. Adudu
3rd
February, 2018
Political pundits have observed
that the recent statement by Senator Jonah David Jang, Senator representing
Plateau North, that the Red Chamber is not for young people was actually
directed at his political protégés from the Zone who are warming up to contest
for the senate seat in the 2019 general elections in the hope that Jang, who is
over 70 might not re-contest
However, there are strong
indications that some of them are ready to slug it out with the senator in the
event that he does not retire from politics as they believe his political
weight has diminished since he left Government House as Governor and that he can
be defeated given the new re-alignments in the state. Protégés of Jang who owe
their political fortunes to the former Governor like Istifanus Gyang and Edward
Pwajok both members of the House of Representatives are believed to be interested in
contesting for the senate seat.
Gyang is with the People’s
Democratic Party, PDP, while Pwajok is with the All Progress Congress, APC. Posters
indicating their interest have many times flooded the streets of Jos.
Jang, during a live radio
programme two days ago monitored from our newsroom ruled out the chance of
handing over to a younger person in 2019 when he said ”the senate is not for
young people”, stressing that it is the House of Representative that is ideal
for them. The statement drew so much condemnation from observers with many
describing it as careless.
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