By President Muhammadu Buhari has asked all members of his cabinet and appointees seeking elective offices in the 2023 elections to resign on or before May 16.
Buhari made the decision, on Wednesday, while presiding over the Federal Executive Council meeting held at the State House, Abuja.
An aide to President, Tolu Ogunlesi also confirmed the development in a tweet.
“Just in: All members of President Buhari’s cabinet vying for public office will have to resign on or before May 16, 2022,” he wrote.
The affected cabinet members include 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 minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
Others include the Minister of State Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, who is aspiring for the gubernatorial seat in Cross Rivers State and the Minister of Women Affairs, Paulline Tallen, who is running for a senatorial seat in Plateau State.
This development comes after a cross-section of Nigerians on social media called out the Buhari-led administration over the refusal of its cabinet members with political ambitions to resign, a move considered contrary to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022.
