As the political environment begins to heat up in Plateau State ahead of the 2015 general elections, seven political appointees of Governor Jonah Jang on Monday resigned their appointments in line with the directive of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for elective positions.

Viewpointnigeria investigation revealed that their resignation letters were presented to the Chief of Staff, Government House, for on-ward delivery to the governor were indeed unconnected to the quest of the politicians to contest the 2015 general elections in the state.

As the political environment begins to heat up in Plateau State ahead of the 2015 general elections, seven political appointees of Governor Jonah Jang on Monday resigned their appointments in line with the directive of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for elective positions.

Viewpointnigeria investigation revealed that the resignation letters were presented to the Chief of Staff, Government House, for on-ward delivery to the governor. And as most people suspect, these resignations were indeed connected to the quest of the individuals to contest the 2015 general elections.

It was gathered that among those who tabled their resignation letters were Commissioner of Works, Chris Hassan, Commissioner 1, Local Government Service Commission Hansi Suleiman, Adviser to the Governor on Political Affairs, Alexander Molwus.

Others include the Permanent Secretary Government House on Security, Hon. Istifanus Gyang, Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Solomon Maren and Legal adviser to the governor, Barr. Dauda Lamba.

ViewPointNigeria political analysts swung into action to understand the implications of these resignations and found that, Hon. Chris Hassan has indicated interest to contest the seat of the House of Representative to represent Bassa/ Jos North Federal Constituency, Alexander Molwus is to contest Plateau Central Senatorial Seat to unseat, Chief Joshua Dariye, while Hassi Suleiman is to run for the House of Representatives, for Kanke, Kanam, Pankshin constituency.

However, Barr. Istifanus Gyang is to contest the House of Representatives, to represent, Barkin-Ladi, Riyom Federal Constituency, while Barr. Dauda Lamba is to contest the House of representatives, to represent Wase Federal Constituency.

It would be recalled that Governor Jang had directed his commissioners last Thursday to hold a meeting to enable those interested in contesting elective positions indicate interest by resigning their political appointment.

This brings a lot of clarity to the dynamics of 2015 – Stay with ViewPointNigeria as we continue to bring more intriques

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Breaking News: Six Political Appointees of Jang Resign to pursue 2015 political ambitions