Ministocin shugaban kasa, Muhammadu Buhari 10 ne suka ajiye mukamansu a yau dan tsayawa takarar siyasa.
Ministan yada labarai da Al’adu, Lai Muhammad ne ya bayyana haka a ganawarsa da manema labarai a fadar shugaban kasar.
Ministocin da suka ajiye mukaman sune,
Rotimi Amaechi
Chris Ngige
Godswill Akpabio
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu
Timipre Sylva
Tayo Alasoadura
Dame Tallen Paulen
Uche Ogar
Abubakar Malami
Ten ministers have resigned to run for political offices, following a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari at the last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
The Minister of Information and Culture, announced this Friday while briefing State House reporters after a valedictory session held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
He said the ministers would soon be replaced.
Mohammed listed the former ministers who attended the session as Rotimi Amaechi (Transportation), Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Godswill Akpabio (Niger Delta Affairs), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu (Science and Technological Innovation), Timipre Sylva (State, Petroleum Resources), Tayo Alasoadura (State, Niger Delta Affairs), Dame Tallen Paulen (Women Affairs), Uche Ogar (State, Mines and Steel Development), Abubakar Malami (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice) and Emeka Nwajuba (State for Education) who was absent but with a permission.
They tendered resignation letters in compliance with a circular issued by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), asking political appointees seeking to contest the 2023 elections to resign.
Some of them have either purchased the presidential, governorship, or legislative nomination and expression of interest forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).