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Nwajiuba resigns as Buhari awaits Malami,  Amaechi, Ngige, Akpabio, others to follow suit

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By Agu Agu

Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has resigned his position as Minister of State for Education in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari in line with the presidential directive for all ministers interested in the 2023 elections to leave. 

Buhari had directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022.

According to the information distilled from the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Buhari singled out the Minister of State for Education, Nwajiuba, for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest, adding: “I expect other members of this council seeking to be President to resign with immediate effect.”

The other ministers expected to resign immediately are: the  Ministers of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federatio(AGF), Abubakar Malami; Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu and others who joined the presidential race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Others Minister are that of State fod Mines and Steel Development, Chief Uche Ogar, who is running for the governorship position in Abia State, the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, who declared her ambition to contest for the senatorial seat in Plateau State and  Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of Central Bank, whose posters for the presidential race are everywhere.

The Minister of Information, Mr. Lai Mohammed, while addressing journalists,  stressed that the resignation  excludes the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, because he is an elected member of the cabinet.

He affirmed that any amendment or additions to this directive will be disseminated accordingly.

The Minister statef that “if the need arises, the directive might involve political appointees”.

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