The Plateau State Government has constituted a 23-member high-powered committee to organize a state burial for the late Lt.-Gen. Jeremiah Timbut Useni, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and prominent Plateau elder.
In a statement issued on Thursday in Jos, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Samuel Nanchang Jatau, announced the composition of the committee, which includes National Assembly lawmakers from Plateau, the executive chairmen of Langtang North and Langtang South local government areas, clerics, technocrats, the Tarok traditional institution, the state’s Elders’ Forum, and development associations.
Security agencies, including the Nigerian Army and Operation Rainbow, as well as federal institutions where the late Useni served, are also represented on the committee.
Additionally, representatives from Edo and Delta states, where he once served as military governor of the defunct Bendel State, were included.
The late Useni was Minister of the FCT and Transportation, as well as military governor of the defunct Bendel State and erstwhile senator for Plateau Southern.
He died last Sunday in France at the age of 82.
The SSG is the Chairman of the committee while the Permanent Secretary for Cabinet and Special Duties is the Secretary of the burial committee.
