{"id":160955,"date":"2025-04-30T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/taraba-lawmaker-quits-assembly-seat-after-appointment-as-commissioner"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:03:42","slug":"taraba-lawmaker-quits-assembly-seat-after-appointment-as-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/taraba-lawmaker-quits-assembly-seat-after-appointment-as-commissioner","title":{"rendered":"Taraba lawmaker quits Assembly seat after appointment as commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lawmaker representing Karim-Lamido II Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Mike Dio Jen, has officially stepped down from his position following his appointment as Commissioner for the Ministry of Tertiary Institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Jen disclosed his decision to resign shortly after Governor Agbu Kefas approved his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary to the State Government, Bar. Gebson Kataps, announced the governor\u2019s decision on April 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the development, Hon. Jen described his appointment as both \u201csad and joyful,\u201d especially for his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy appointment as Commissioner to head the Ministry for Tertiary Institutions is saddle with sadness and joy, especially in my Constituency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged loyalty to the governor, emphasizing that he would carry out any responsibility assigned to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas is my boss, whatever he says I should do, I will do it. Even if he tells me to go and help him as Councilor representing my Ward, in Karim Lamido Local Government, I will go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Governor sees anything good in me and he says assist me in this, I will not hesitate to do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I am happy about it and I call on people to understand that in every country or sector, you have a leader. I am following what my leader told me to do for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will just relinquish the position of Member representing Karim-Lamido II State Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly to create room for a by-election for somebody to emerge,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lawmaker representing Karim-Lamido II Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. Mike Dio Jen, has officially stepped down from his position following his appointment as Commissioner for the Ministry of Tertiary Institutions. Jen disclosed his decision to resign shortly after Governor Agbu Kefas approved his appointment. The Secretary to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[4006,254,3685],"class_list":["post-160955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-commissioner","tag-nigeria","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taraba lawmaker quits Assembly seat after appointment as commissioner - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The lawmaker representing Karim-Lamido II Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly, Hon. 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