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Findings show that the former Honourable Minister of State Education, Hon Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who President Muhammadu Buhari commended for taking the initiative to resign before his executive directive to Ministers and political appointees with political ambition to leave office on or before May 16th ahead of the party’s national convention 30th/31st actually resigned on April 28th.
The implication of this presidential directive is that the ministers and political appointees who did not resign before now may not be cleared by the APC screening committee as they have failed to comply with the article 3(L) of the party’s guidelines which directs that all political appointees with political ambition should resign their offices 30 days to the party primaries and national convention.
Confirming this development Mr. Paul Odili, SA to the former Minister of Education Nwajiuba, said “that the Honourable Minister, on accepting the nomination form on the 27th of April bought for him by his supporters led by an umbrella group, Project Nigeria wrote the President on the 28th informing him that having accepted the nomination by his supporters to contest the office of the presidency on the party’s platform that he would like to disengage from office to enable him concentrate on his campaign and to avoid any conflict of interest. I can tell you Mr. President immediately accepted his letter of resignation.”
So far it will appear on the surface that it is only Mr. Nwajiuba is the only Buhari appointee to have met that requirement set by the party, it remains to be seen how the party’s screening committee will handle the issue.