Solomon Selcap Dalung (born 26 September 1964) is a Nigerian Politician, Lawyer and Academic. He was made the Minister of Youth and Sports by President

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in November 2015 and his tenure ended in May 2019. He has served in the Nigerian Prisons Service, the

University of Jos The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. History What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. ...

as a lecturer and as Chairman of Langtang South Local Government in

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Early life and education

Solomon Dalung was born on the 26th of September 1964 in Sabo Gida,

. He had his primary school education at the Local Education Authority Primary School, Sabon Gida in

Langtang South Langtang South is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Mabudi. It has an area of 838 km and a population of 106,305 at the 2006 census. The postal code of the area is 941. Hon. Beni La ...

Local Government Area of

from 1971 to 1977. He then proceeded to Government College

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for his secondary school education. After his secondary education, he proceeded to the

where he graduated with

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degree in 2000 and was called into the Nigerian Bar in 2001 at the

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, Abuja Campus. He obtained a

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(LLM) degree from the

in 2007 while he was a lecturer at the same Institution.

Career

Nigerian Prisons Service career

Barr. Dalung joined the

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as a Prison Assistant in 1982 where he rose to the rank of Assistant Inspector of Prisons. In 1991, while still in the Prisons Service, he enrolled to the Law Program of the

to obtain a

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

degree which he obtained in the year 2000. Following his training as an attorney at the University of Jos and the Nigerian Law School, he was moved to the Legal Department at Prisons Headquarters Abuja in 2004 where he served as Legal Officer II but he retired the same year from the Prisons Services.

Academic career

In 2004, after his retirement from the

, he took up an appointment as a lecturer with the Law Faculty of the University of Jos.

Political career

He started his political Career as a Personal Assistant to Chief

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, CON, when Lar was appointed as Adviser Emeritus to President

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until 2003. In 2007, he was appointed the Chairman of

Local Government Area up till May 2008. In his position as Local Government Chairman, he served as the Plateau State Deputy Chairman of the Association of Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON) and later as the Chairman of the Association. After his tenure as Local Government Chairman, he made an attempt at representing Langtang North and South at the National Assembly but lost. He was a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and was also member of President

’s Transitional Committee. His tenure ends as the minister of youth and sport in May 2019.

Personal life

Solomon Dalung is married with children. He lost his first wife in 2017. He is a Christian.

Awards and recognitions

Solomon Dalung alongside

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References

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