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Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang | |
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Senator for Plateau North | |
Assumed office 13 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Simon Davou Mwadkwon |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 September 1962 |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Political party | Action Democratic Party |
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Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang (born 14 September 1962) is a Nigerian journalist and politician who has served as the senator representing the Plateau North senatorial district since 2024.
Dachungyang is from a royal family in Riyom.
On 3 February 2024, Dachungyang was elected senator from Plateau North by receiving 122,442 votes in the 2024 Plateau North senatorial district bye-elections and was eventually declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission's returning officer, Professor Nestor Chagok. [1] He was sworn into the Nigerian Senate with two others by Senate president Godswill Akpabio on 13 February 2024. [2]
He was one among dignitaries officially invited by Plateau State Government for the inauguration of twin theater suite at Jos University Teaching Hospital(JUTH) on 3 April 2024. [3]
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