Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has opened up on how his Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Samuel Galadima, slumped and died while jogging with him.
Governor Simon Lalong
While speaking when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the Samuel Galadima, the Plateau State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, who
slumped and died on Wednesday morning while jogging, Governor Simon Lalong, said that the deceased enjoyed the exercise.
According to the governor, the accidental victim, Galadima was instrumental to re-introducing the bi-monthly exercise for executive council members.
He said the exercise was first introduced at the onset of his administration, but was later stopped. “We started the exercise when we came in, and usually undertook it every first and third Wednesday of every month, but later stopped,” he said.
“Galadima was not happy when we stopped it and kept reminding me to re-introduce it. He kept reminding us, at executive council meetings, that such exercises will keep the executive council members physically fit and mentally alert.
“We eventually agreed with him and re-introduced the exercise, but little did we know that the good intention will lead to his death.”
He said Galadima was his closest confidante, saying that his exit was a personal loss to him. “I am the chief mourner; we were very close and spent lots of time together either playing golf or just discussing the best way to move Plateau forward,” he said.
The governor described Galadima’s exit as “very devastating”, but said the answer to what happened could only be found in the scriptures, and assured members of the family that government would take care of those left behind, and prayed God to comfort the immediate family and Plateau state.