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Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang

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Pam Mwadkon Dachungyang
Senator for Plateau North
Assumed office
13 February 2024
Preceded bySimon Davou Mwadkwon
Personal details
Born (1962-09-14) 14 September 1962 (age 62)
NationalityNigerian
Political partyAction Democratic Party
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist

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]

References

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  1. ^ "ADP, LP Win Senate, House of Representatives Re-run Polls in Plateau - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Senate swears in 3 new senators". Daily Trust. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. ^ Anichebe, Tony; Telegraph, New (4 April 2024). "NLNG Commissions State-Of-Art Twin Theatre Suite At JUTH". New Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2024.