All members of President Buhari’s cabinet with political ambitions, have been ordered to resign on or before May 16th 2022.
The order given to members of President Buhari’s cabinet Ministers is coming hours after the Appeal court judgment on the amended electoral act on Wednesday.
The President gave the order today at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
Those affected are Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice and Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, who have joined the presidential race on the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Others are the Minister of State Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, who is running for governorship position in Cross Rivers State, the Minister of Women Affairs, Paulline Tallen, who declared her ambition to contest for the senatorial seat in Plateau state.