{"id":8452,"date":"2022-05-11T21:11:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2022-05-11T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T21:11:59","slug":"just-in-resign-now-if-you-are-vying-for-any-electoral-office-in-my-cabinet-else-you-will-be-fired-after-monday-may-16-2022-nigeria-president-buhari-issues-directive-warn-membe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/just-in-resign-now-if-you-are-vying-for-any-electoral-office-in-my-cabinet-else-you-will-be-fired-after-monday-may-16-2022-nigeria-president-buhari-issues-directive-warn-membe\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: RESIGN Now if you are vying for any electoral office in my cabinet, else you will be FIRED after Monday, May 16, 2022          -Nigeria President, BUHARI issues directive  \u2026warn members at Federal Executive Council meeting in State House, Abuja  *\u2018Nigerians deserve better life, need to enjoy interrupted good governance\u2019  *Cabinet members affected: Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; others are Minister of State, Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen *Minister of State for Education, Ogbonnaya Onu, Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio;  Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, resign appointment with immediate effect *BY MOHAMMED ABUDU\/SENIOR Political Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>JUST IN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>RESIGN Now if you are vying for any electoral office in my cabinet, else you will be FIRED after Monday, May 16, 2022 <\/b><b>-Nigeria President, BUHARI issues directive<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u2026warn members at Federal Executive Council meeting in State House, Abuja<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*\u2018Nigerians deserve better life, need to enjoy interrupted good governance\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*Cabinet members affected: Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; others are Minister of State, Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*Minister of State for Education, Ogbonnaya Onu, Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio;\u00a0 Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, resign appointment with immediate effect<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>*BY MOHAMMED ABUDU\/SENIOR Political Writer<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>NIGERIA President, Major General MUHAMMADU BUHARI (retired) has issued a strong directive to public office holders serving in various capacities at the federal level to resign on or before Monday, May 16,2022 or be ready to face the consequences if such persons vying for political offices refused to resign at the set date so that Nigerians could enjoy good governance from his administration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This occurred during the just concluded Wednesday\u2019s Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja, this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8453\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-one-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8454\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-two-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-three.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8455\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/buhari-three-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On behalf of the Nigerian President, the nation\u2019s Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affected cabinet members include Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Emeka Nwajiuba; Justice minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others include the Minister of State, Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, who is running for the governorship position in Abia State; Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, who declared her ambition to contest the senatorial seat in Plateau State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Minister of State for Education, Ogbonnaya Onu, Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio resigned their appointment with immediate effect to follow after their political ambitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CERTAINLY, Good journalism costs a lot of money. 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