Buhari hosts 9 outgoing ministers in valedictory cabinet session
President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted nine ministers who resigned to contest for various elective offices in the 2023 general elections.
The ministers resigned following a directive from the president at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed briefed State House reporters after a valedictory session held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
Mohammed listed the former ministers who attended the session as Rotimi Amaechi (Transportation), Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Godswill Akpabio (Niger Delta Affairs), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu (Science and Technological Innovation), Timipre Sylva (State, Petroleum Resources), Tayo Alasoadura (State, Niger Delta Affairs), Dame Tallen Paulen (Women Affairs), Uche Ogar (State, Mines and Steel Development), Abubakar Malami (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice) and Emeka Nwajuba (State for Education) who was absent but with a permission.
