President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday ordered all his ministers and other political appointees nursing political ambitions to resign from their respective positions with immediate effect.
The president issued this order during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was held at the State House on Wednesday.
Buhari ordered that the political appointees with ambitions for the forthcoming 2023 General election should leave the cabinet on or before May 16.
The New Diplomat reports that the affected Ministers are; Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; who have declared interest to contest for presidency under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Others are Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, who declared to contest for the gubernatorial election of Kebbi state; 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.
The order is also coming shortly after the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday set aside the judgment of Justice Evelyn Anyadike of a Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022.
With the development the court upheld the Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act which provides that, “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.”
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