Plateau State Governor

Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong- the Governor of Plateau State was born on May 5^th, 1963. He is a native of Ajikamai in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State. Simon Bako Lalong had his Primary School Education at      R.C.M. Primary School Shendam obtaining his First School Leaving Certificate in 1977 he went further with his Secondary Education at G.S.S Shendam where he obtained his O’ Level Certificate in 1982. Furthermore he went to S.P.S Keffi where he had his A’ Level in 1986. Simon Bako Lalong thereafter studied Law at Abu Zaria and graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree in 1990. He went to the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Law School and had his one year compulsory studies and was called to bar in 1991. He did not just stop there, he went ahead to obtain his Masters Degree in Law(LLM) at the University of Jos in 1986.

Simon Bako Lalong started his professional career in 1992 with the prestigious T- Obot & Co. Legal Practitioners, Jos immediately after serving the mandatory National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) in the Legal Unit of FCDA Abuja. He also worked with Victor Fomwul & Co. Jos from 1997- 1999 as a Managing Partner. He later established his own chambers and was the Principal Partner of Simon B. Lalong & Co. Legal Practitioners.

In 1999, he harkened to the call of the people of Shendam constituency to contest into the state House of Assembly, which he won with a landslide victory under the platform of the PDP (a party he took part in its formation in Shendam L.G.A.). He was subsequently made the Speaker of the State House of Assembly in October 2000.

As a Speaker, Simon Bako Lalong’s rare leadership qualities earned him the record of the longest serving Speaker in the history of Plateau state legislature (2000 – 2006 i.e seven years of unbroken quality leadership).