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About: Jonah David Jang

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  • جونا ديفيد جانغ (بالإنجليزية: Jonah David Jang)‏ هو سياسي نيجيري، ولد في 13 مارس 1944. حزبياً، نشط في حزب الشعب الديمقراطي. وقد انتخب Governor of Plateau State ‏ وانتخب Governor of Benue State ‏. (ar)
  • Air Commodore Jonah David Jang (Rtd) CON (born 13 March 1944) is a Nigerian statesman who was the Governor of Plateau State from 2007 to 2015. He had previously served as Military Governor of Benue State and Gongola StateHe ran successfully for re-election on 26 April 2011. In 2015, Jang ran and won Plateau North senate seat as his term as Governor of Plateau State drew to a close. In 2018 Jang declared his senate seat vacant and said it was time for the people of Plateau North to decide who would represent them at the red chamber. Jang was at the time making a nocturnal political consultations to run for the presidential ticket of the main opposition, PDP for the 2019 presidential election. He was a founding member of the Peoples' Democratic Party in the days that preceded the second military to civilian transfer of power
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    Benue State Governors

    Benue State is among the thirty-six states that make up the Nigerian Federation and is administered by a Chief Executive.

    The Chief Executive is the Governor of the State and is elected to a four-year term of office in the first instance, and in the discharge of duties and responsibilities, the Governor is assisted by a Deputy Governor.

    The Governor is empowered to appoint Commissioners and Advisors and to assign responsibilities to them. This is under the executive arm of Benue State. Below is the list of Benue State Governors since creation in 1976:

    Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia

    Elected Governor, Benue State - From 29th May 2023 to Present

    Biography

    Rev Fr Hyacinth Iormem Alia was born on 15th May 1966, in Mbangur, Mbadede, Vandeikya local government area of Benue State. He was ordained a Catholic Priest on 7th July 1990, by Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh of Makurdi Catholic Diocese. 

    Political Career:

    On May 29th, His Excellency Rev Fr Dr Hycienth Iormen Alia was sworn in as the 6th democratically elected governor of Benue state

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    Jonah David Jang CON (born 13 March 1944) is a former Nigerian military officer and politician who served as the senator representing the Plateau North senatorial district from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the governor of Plateau State from 2007 to 2015, and as military governor of Benue and Gongola States.

    In 2015, Jang ran and won the Plateau North senatorial district seat as his term as governor drew to a close. In 2018, Jang declared his senate seat vacant and said it was time for the people of Plateau North to decide who would represent them at the red chamber. Jang was at the time making nocturnal political consultations to run for the presidential ticket of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election.

    Jonah David Jang was born on 13 March 1944 in Du, Jos South local government area of Plateau State. In 1965, he enlisted as an Air Force Officer Cadet at the Military Training School in Kaduna. He was given flight training at Uetersen in West Germany (1965–1966) and further training at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kad

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