Minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi will be resigning his position to focus on his presidential campaign today in line with the president’s directive.
The minister, who has been signing off and clearing his table since the directive, will be handing over to the minister of state, transportation, Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki.
A highly placed senior staff of the ministry who spoke under anonymity, said Amaechi has informed Saraki of the plan to hand over to her and the event will take place in the ministry on Monday.
The resignation of Amaechi was initially contained in a tweet by APC Twitter UK handle.
It wrote, “Nigeria’s Minister of #Transportation, HM Chibuike R. Amaechi [@ChibuikeAmaechi] has resigned from the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to focus on his Presidential Campaign. “Thank you for your service to Nigeria.”
However, the minister’s aides said the news was fake and untrue.
Amaechi’s social media handler, Nkeiru Ibeleme, said the news of the minister’s resignation was not true.
