
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.
“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.”