Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has resigned his appointment.
Amaechi resigned his position following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that all cabinet members vying for elective offices in the 2023 elections, should resign before May 16. The President’s directive was made known on Wednesday, at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja.
The resignation of Amaechi was confirmed in a tweet by APC Twitter UK handle. It wrote, “Nigeria’s Minister of #Transportation, HM Chibuike R. Amaechi [@ChibuikeAmaechi] has resigned from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to focus on his Presidential Campaign. “Thank you for your service to Nigeria.”
Also, Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu resigned his appointment. It was gathered that he tendered his resignation at the office of ghe Secretary to the Government of the Federation in Abuja.
In the same vein , Godswill Akapbio, Minister of Niger Dekata affairs also resigned his appointment.