Chinedu Eze
Former governor of Plateau state, Senator Jonah Jang has said that there is nobody among the young politicians in his senatorial district that can succeed, invariably signifying that he would go for another term in 2019.
Jang who is representing Plateau North senatorial zone made this known at the weekend when he fielded questions during a radio programme monitored from Jos, the state capital and insisted that the Senate is not made for young people.
Jang also said the House of Representatives is the one good enough for the young politicians who are aspiring to get to the National Assembly. “The Senate is not good for young people, only the House of Representatives is good enough.”
However, political observers in the state said the statement is seen as directed at his political protégés who are warming up to contest for the Senate seat in the next general elections in the hope that Jang who is over 70 might not contest again.
There are also indications that some of them are ready to slug it out with the Senator in the event that he does not retire from politics, as they believe his political weight has diminished since he left the Plateau Government House as governor and that he can be defeated giving the new realignments in the state.
THISDAY gathered that protégés of Jang who owe their political fortunes to the former governor like Istifanus Gyang and Edward Pwajok who are both in the House of representatives, are believed to be interested in contesting for the Senate seat.
Gyang is with the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) while Pwajok is with the All Progressives Congress (APC).