Simon lalong biography

Biography: Simon Lalong CON is a Nigerian lawyer and politician, who is the current minister of labour and employment.

Simon lalong biography

Net Worth Details of his net worth is yet to be received. Related Posts. Inside Nigeria. Polytechnics lecturers begin strike December 2 November 29, Next Post. Recent Posts. I Agree. He later obtained a master's degree in Law from the University of Jos , in Lalong's professional career as an attorney lasted between , the year following his graduation from law school, and , the dawn of Nigeria's new democracy.

During this period he worked with a few law firms, one of which he co-owned. After a political stint that lasted seven years he again returned to legal practice as the Principal Partner of Simon B. Lalong and Co, until In , Lalong temporarily discarded legal practice to pursue a political career. In October , he became the speaker of the assembly, a position he occupied until He was the longest serving speaker of the State's house of assembly.

During that period he was two times in and in elected as the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of the 36 states of Nigeria. He won and was sworn in as the new governor of Plateau State on 29 May In the general election, Lalong contested the seat of the senate to represent Plateau South senatorial zone in the National Assembly, but lost the election to Napoleon Bali of the People's Democratic Party.

In November , an appeals court declared Lalong as the rightful winner of the senatorial election. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Accordingly, no legal proceedings whatsoever shall be entertained by the biographer on account of any information deemed to be inadequate or incomplete. Powered by 24hubs.

Toggle navigation. Admin , August 21, August 21, , Politics , 0. Born 5 May Rt Hon. Simon Bako Lalong, the quiet, gentle and unassuming personality,. In a quest for more knowledge, he got admitted into the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and had a degree in Law in In he was called to bar after attending the Nigerian Law school in Lagos. After his graduation from Law School, he served as an attorney and worked with some law firms for some years.

He was a co-founder of some law firms before he established his own firm, Simon B. Legal Practitioners. He served as speaker of the house for seven years, between October to and this made him to be recorded as the longest serving speaker of the House in the history of Plateau State. While being the speaker of the house, he was elected twice as chairman of the Conference of Speakers of the 36 states of Nigeria.

He was sworn in as the new governor of Plateau State on May 29, and was re-elected in