Emeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, has resigned to focus on his presidential ambition.
His resignation was announced during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of Wednesday.
Nwajiuba is among the six ministers who have obtained the N100 million presidential forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the primaries slated for the end of this month.
Others are Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, and Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.
Buhari has given all those interested in the 2023 contest a deadline of Monday to leave his government.
Details later…
