The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Ignatius Longjan, seems to have heed to the passionate appeal by the people of his Local Government of Qua’an Pan to contest the 2015 gubernatorial elections in the State as his posters flood the whole State.

Longjan who is from Southern Plateau has been loyal to his boss since 2011, when he replaced Dame Pauline Tallen as Jang’s deputy.

But given his diplomatic background and calm disposition, he may after all not be a personality who can be said to be a typical Nigerian politician.

The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr. Ignatius Longjan, seems to have heeded to the passionate appeal by the people of his Local Government of Qua’an Pan to contest the 2015 gubernatorial elections in the State as his posters flood the State.

Longjan who is from Southern Plateau has been loyal to his boss since 2011, when he replaced Dame Pauline Tallen as Jang’s deputy.

It would be recalled that last weekend, the People of Qua’an-Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State came up with a strong voice urging the Deputy Governor to contest for the governorship seat.

They appeal to Governor Jonah Jang to endorse his Deputy for the sake of continuity of good governance.

They further urged him (Longjan) to go ahead and purchase his nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The group in a communique signed by Stakeholders of from the LGA, was read by Member Representing Qua’an-Pan North constituency in the State’s House of Assembly, Hon. Joe Dawam, who was one of the stakeholders, said, “Our communique which contained our demand of Longjan to contest has been delivered to him and I am sure he will respond positively.

“As a matter of fact, the Deputy Governor, in response to our communique is ready to make his intention for the contest public very soon.

“Though, the call for the service of the Deputy Governor was initiated by we from his Local Government, other Local Governments in the State will soon come up with their own demand for the man to contest.

“From our consultation across the 17 Local Governments, the Deputy Governor is the most popular choice, people are just waiting for him to declare.

“We are also expecting Governor Jang to accept our appeal to endorse his deputy since both of them had worked closely to provide dividends of democracy to Plateau people so far”.

Although it is believed in some quotas that he may be the last option if others fail.

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