A former Governor of Plateau State, SIMON LALONG has been sworn into the 10th Assembly as the Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District.

He was sworn in during plenary at the upper chamber of the National Assembly.

LALONG had resigned from his appointment as Minister of Labour and Employment last week in preparation for his swearing-in.

In a letter submitted to President BOLA TINUBU, he reminded the President that after exhaustive legal processes, the Court of Appeal declared him as the duly elected Senator and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue him the Certificate of Return.

He said the decision for his resignation was not made lightly because of the trust and confidence that the President placed in him as a Minister in his cabinet having served as the Director General of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Council which delivered victory for the APC.