By POLYCARP AUTA

A group, Plateau Youth and Community Volunteers, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appoint an indigenous Plateau person into his cabinet, to fill-in the state’s vacant ministerial slot.

Mr Nanven Mamdam, the Executive Director of the organisation, made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Jos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that since the resignation of Sen. Simon Lalong as Minister of Labour and Productivity to join the Senate, the state’s ministerial slot has not been filled.

The Court of Appeal had in December 2023 declared Lalong winner of the senate seat for Plateau South Senatorial District.

Mamdam described the absence of Plateau’s representative in the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as unfair, adding that the constitution provides for each state to be represented in FEC.

“Section 147 sub-section 3 explicitly provides that each state of the federation shall have a representation in FEC as a federal minister.

“Since Sen. Simon Lalong resigned as minister to join the Nigerian senate eight months ago, the vacancy created by his resignation still exists.

“We are making this call to the President to, as a matter urgency, appoint a Plateau man into his cabinet,’’ he said. (NAN)