At least four serving ministers under the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration have resigned following the directive from
their principal on Wednesday.
They are Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for
Education, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister for Transport, Godswill Akpabio, Minister
of Niger Delta Affairs, and Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology.
The Ministers resigned their appointment after Buhari
ordered members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) seeking elective offices
to resign on or before Monday, May 16. Tolu Ogunlesi, a media aide to the
president, in a tweet on Wednesday, claimed two ministers had resigned, while a
third minister had “reportedly resigned”.
He wrote: “So far, two ministers have now resigned from the
Federal Executive Council (FEC) to pursue their presidential aspirations.
“A third minister has now reportedly resigned. Also to
pursue Presidential ambition.”
However, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator
Chris Ngige, has claimed he wants to get clarification from Buhari before he
makes a decision on resigning.
All the Ministers, who have stepped down, are seeking to
clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket ahead of the
2023 general election.
They will be contesting in the primaries against the
National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
among others.
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