And our sports suffers again!!!

Here is the profile of our new Minister for Sports and Youth Dev.

Barr. Solomon Dalong

'Barrister Solomon Dalong was born on the 26th of
September 1964 in the town of Sabon Gida within
the then Resettlement Area which was a creation of
the colonial masters to resettle and rehabilitate war
veterans of World War II. This resettlement area is
currently known as Langtang South Local
Government Area. Dalong has not buried anybody
as his parents are still alive and living in Sabon Gida. His father is a retired Director of Health of the
Taraba State Civil Service.

Dalong had his primary school education at LEA
Primary School Sabon Gida from 1971 to 1977. He
then proceeded to Government College Keffi,
currently in Nassarawa State, for his secondary
school education.Against the tradition of joining the
military that is common to Langtang people, Dalong
chose to join the Nigerian Prisons Service in the
early eighties.

In 1991 while still in the Prisons Service, he enrolled
to study Law at the Law Faculty of the University of
Jos. The unpredictable academic calendar that
characterized the Nigerian University atmosphere at
that period saw him spending a whole nine years
before bagging an LLB. He proceeded to the
Nigerian Law School, Bwari, in Abuja, graduated in
2000 and was called to the Bar in 2001.

After passing out from Law School, he took up a job
as Personal Assistant to Chief Solomon Lar when Lar was appointed as Adviser Emeritus to President
Olusegun Obasanjo. This job lasted until 2003. In
2004, he took up an appointment with the Faculty of
Law of the University of Jos as a lecturer. As a
lecturer, he has had the opportunity of attending
leadership trainings courtesy international human
rights organizations. In 2005, he combined his job
as a lecturer and study while pursuing a prost
graduate degree in Law. His LLM program
successfully ended in 2007 and was appointed the
Chairman of Langtang South Local Government Area the same year.

As Chairman of Langtang South, he also served as
the Plateau State Chairman of the Association of
Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON). His tenure as Local Government Chairman ended in May 2008. He then returned to the University of Jos. He made an attempt at representing Langtang North and South at the National Assembly but lost.Dalong joined the Prisons Service as a Prison Assistant and rose to the rank of Assistant Inspector of Prisons.

Following his training as an attorney, he was moved
to the legal department of prisons where he served
as Legal Officer II in the prisons headquarters prior
to retirement.

Dalong’s strong condemnation of the political
regime is inherited, as political criticism runs in the
family's blood up to his great grandfather.
According to Dalong, “governance is a social
responsibility and a democratic leader is equivalent
to a human god, having the responsibility to
determine the destiny of his followers. He did not
acquire power by conquest, strength or might but
either by charisma, bureaucracy or law. There is an
instrument that confers that power on him and is
expected to exercise it within the parameter of the
enabling authority.” Abusing this power irritates
him. This is not just an additional factor that shaped
his critical political attitude but the most dire of
these factors. In Langtang south Dalong is referred
to as “the man who brought colored roofing sheets.”

He is a Christian and is married to his wife whom he
fondly refers to as First Lady and is a father to seven
children'



At no point was SPORTS mentioned in his profile...I sigh 4 our sports.

What do u think about having someone who knows next to nothing about sports leading d ministry?

Welcome To Nigeria My Motherland Abi Na My Fatherland, Where A Lawyer Is Minister Of Agriculture! Where A Banker Is Minister Of Education.

He might like sports and also know about sports. Let's see

oismail:
He might like sports and also know about sports. Let's see

I really do hope he performs.

Let's hope he emulates his Kinsman, late Ishaya Mark Aku (one of d best Minister of Sports Nig hs ever had) who despite d fact he was a Water Engineer was doing wonderfully well in office until d unfortunate air mishap dat took his life in 2002.

Bambless1:
Welcome To Nigeria My Motherland Abi Na My Fatherland, Where A Lawyer Is Minister Of Agriculture! Where A Banker Is Minister Of Education.

It baffles me a lot o my brother.