President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan said Monday February 10th that the Senate will miss the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Ignatius Datong Longjan, All Progressives Congress, APC, Plateau South who died on Sunday at a Turkish hospital in Abuja.
The death of Senator Longjan who was also
the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism came two months
after the death of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and
Productivity, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo
South who died December 18, 2019.
Senator Longjan was elected in 2019 on the platform of the
ruling APC. Longjan, who was also a member of the Senate Committee on
Establishment and Public Service, Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA,
replaced Senator Jeremiah Useni who did not return to the Senate because
of his gubernatorial ambition in Plateau State. In a statement yesterday in
Abuja by his Special Adviser, Media, Ola Awoniyi, President of the Senate
commiserated with the family of Senator Ignatius Longjan. Lawan also condoled
with the government and people of Plateau State over the sad loss of the
Senator.
The statement read, “The President of the Senate
acknowledged the contributions of Senator Longjan both at the state and
national levels as former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies(NIPSS), Kuru; former Chief of Staff
at the Government House in Jos and Plateau State Deputy Governor between 2011
and 2019.
“Lawan said the Senate will miss Longjan who was Vice
Chairman of the committee on Culture and Tourism as well as the Senate
Committee on Foreign Affairs. “The Senate President prayed to God to grant
those he left behind the fortitude to bear the great loss.”
