Minister of Women Affairs,
Senator Aisha Alhassan (aka Mama Taraba) has resigned from President Muhammadu
Buhari’s cabinet.
She requested permission to leave
in order to contest the 2019 governorship election.
The President confimed the
resignation in his acceptance of her notification through a letter conveyed to
her dated July 27, 2018.
Buhari, however, said he would
support her if only she contests on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
Alhassan was the candidate of the
APC in the 2015 governorship election but lost to incumbent Governor Darius
Ishaku.
In his acceptance of her
resignation letter, Buhari said: “I have today received your letter notifying
me of your intention to contest for the governorship of Taraba State in the
2019 election.
“Let me thank you on behalf of
the Federal Executive Council and Nigerians for your services as minister under
this administration. I note with passion your past contribution to our great
party APC during and after the 2015 elections.
“As you are aware I am totally
committed to free and fair elections. Our policy is to support all APC
candidates. I wish you well in your ambition to be governor of your state. Rest
assured that all security agencies as well as INEC will have my full support to
conduct free, fair and transparent elections in 2019.”
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