Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has resigned his position in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari in line with the presidential directive for all political appointees interested in the 2023 elections to quit.

Buhari had today at the federal Executive council meeting directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their resignation letters oon or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022.

Although an Appeal Court earlier today had given judgement that appointees could keep their jobs while seeking to become their party standard bearers.

The other ministers expected to resign immediately are; Ministers of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu and others who have all joined the presidential race on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Others are the Minister of State Mines and Steel, Uche Ogar, who is running for the governorship position in Abia State, and the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, who declared her ambition to contest for the senatorial seat in Plateau State.

Lai Mohammed, while addressing journalists, stressed that the resignation excludes the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo because who an elected member of the cabinet.