Solomon Ewuga, a former Deputy Governor, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and senator who represented Nasarawa North in the 7th National Assembly, has died at age 70.
Senator Ewuga died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness, according to family sources.
Ewuga, a lawyer, rose to prominence in Nasarawa politics in 1999 when he contested against Abdullahi Adamu, former National Chairman of the APC, for the governorship ticket. After Adamu won the highly contested PDP primary election, Ewuga was picked as his deputy.
Following their victory in the governorship election, Governor Adamu nominated him as minister from Nasarawa State, and in June 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed him Minister of State for the FCT. He held the position for two years before being removed in a cabinet reshuffle.
Upon returning home, Ewuga again contested for governor in 2003 and 2007. He later defected to the ANPP and subsequently to the CPC, where he joined forces with Tanko Al-Makura to defeat then-Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma in 2011.
While Al-Makura was elected governor on the CPC platform, Ewuga won a Senate seat to represent Nasarawa North in the 7th Assembly.
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After serving one term, he made another attempt at the governorship but lost in the primaries.
A veteran journalist, Ewuga once served as managing director of the Nigerian Standard Newspaper.
He endured several personal tragedies in recent years. One of his daughters, a pilot, died in a plane crash in Cameroon. He was also kidnapped and brutally injured, leaving him nearly immobile for many years.
Ewuga earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Ibadan (1974–1977) and later studied Mass Communication at Stockholm University, Sweden.
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