Gyang Nyam Shom (GNS) Pwajok
Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
In office
2012โ€“2015
Preceded byGyang Dantong
Succeeded byJonah David Jang
ConstituencyPlateau North Senatorial District
Chief of staff to Governor Jonah David Jang
In office
2011โ€“2012
Preceded byIgnatius Longjan
Succeeded byFrancis Bot
Personal details
BornMarch 15, 1966 (1966-03-15)
DiedOctober 28, 2015(2015-10-28) (aged 49)

Gyang Nyam Shom Pwajok (March 15, 1966 โ€“ October 28, 2015) was a Nigerian politician and a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Pwajok was the youngest national Senator during the upper chamber's 7th Assembly, which was in session from 2011 to 2015.[1] He was the 2015 PDP candidate for Governor of Plateau State, but narrowly lost the Plateau gubernatorial election to Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress on April 11, 2015.[1][2]

Pwajok was born on March 15, 1966.[1] He was an academic and lecturer at the Plateau State Polytechnic and the University of Jos before entering politics.[1] He served as the Director of Research and planning during the administration of former Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang from 2007 to 2012.[1]

In 2012, Senator Gyang Dantong died while attending a mass funeral for victims of an unrest in Barkin-ladi.[2] Gyang Pwajok won the 2012 Senatorial election to succeed Dantong in the Plateau North Senatorial zone.[1] He was the youngest member of the Nigerian Senate, the upper house of the National Assembly, during the 7th Assembly, which met from 2012 to 2015.[2]

Pwajok became the 2015 PDP nominee for Governor of Plateau State, defeating 15 other candidates in the PDP gubernatorial primary election.[1] He narrowly lost the Plateau gubernatorial election to Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress on April 11, 2015.[1][2]

Pwajok became ill on May 29, 2015, and left the country to seek medical treatment.[1] He died from hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer, at a hospital in India on October 28, 2015, at the age of 48.[1][2] He was survived by his wife, Bridget Gyang Pwajok.[1] His funeral was held at the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Du Jos South on November 13, 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Idegu, Yusufu Aminu (2015-11-14). "Ex-PDP governorship candidate Pwajok buried amid tears, eulogies". The Nation (Nigeria). Retrieved 2015-11-26.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ajijah, Andrew (2015-10-29). "Plateau State PDP 2015 governorship candidate, Gyang Pwajok, is dead". The Nation (Nigeria). Retrieved 2015-11-26.
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