Mutfwang installs new Long Pan, restores first-class status
By Golok Nanmwa, JOS Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has installed His Royal Highness, Miskagam Jerome Goewam Leklat II, as the new Long Pan of Pan Chiefdom, restoring the traditional stool to First-Class…
Traditional institutions remain central to governance and identity in Plateau State, where first-class chiefdoms carry both ceremonial prestige and a formal advisory role in local administration, land matters, and conflict resolution among the state's numerous ethnic groups. The classification of a stool as first-class typically reflects its historical standing and the size or significance of the domain it covers, and changes to that status are usually made through a state government process involving the governor's office.
Coverage from Vanguard and Tribune Online agrees on the core facts: Governor Caleb Mutfwang has installed Miskagam Jerome Goewam Leklat II (rendered as "Leklak II" by Tribune) as the new Long Pan of Pan Chiefdom, with the stool's status elevated back to first-class. Neither report details when the Pan stool previously held or lost first-class status, the process or criteria used for the restoration, or reactions from other traditional rulers and residents of the chiefdom.