Saleh Shehu Yipmong
Rt Hon Saleh Shehu Yipmong | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly | |
| In office 5 June 2015 – 5 June 2023 | |
| Governor | Simon Lalong |
| Preceded by | Yusuf Adamu Gagdi |
| Constituency | Dengi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1973 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Surveyor |
Saleh Shehu Yipmong (born 1973) is a Nigerian politician from Kunkyam in Dengi District of Kanam, Kanam Local Government Area. He was elected deputy speaker of the 8th and 9th Assembly of the Plateau State House of Assembly in 2017.
Yipmong is a two-time member of the Assembly elected from Dengi Constituency on the platform of All Progressives Congress in 2015 and 2019. He was elected by members of the house as deputy speaker after the impeachment of Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi in 2017. Yipmong was elected alongside the Speaker Abok Nuhu Ayuba in 2019 after they were sworn into the House of Assembly. Before that he was elected and served as deputy Speaker with Peter Ajang Azi in 2017, Joshua Azi Madaki in 2018, and lastly Yakubu Yackson Sanda in 2021 as speakers thereby making him the longest serving deputy speaker in the state and alongside others in Nigeria.