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Langtang North and South at the National Assembly but lost. He was a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and was also member of President
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degree in 2000 and was called into the
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Personal Assistant to Chief
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at the "Independence Hero’s Award" on
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from 1971 to 1977. He then proceeded to Government College
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Solomon Dalung was born on 26 September 1964 in Sabo Gida,
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in 2007 while he was a lecturer at the same Institution.
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until 2003. In 2007, he was appointed the Chairman of
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Nigerian Politician, lawyer and academic (born 1964)
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