Emeka Nwajiuba, a presidential candidate, has resigned from his position as Minister of State for Education.

On Wednesday in Abuja, Nwajiuba, who is running for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), resigned from his position.

Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, announced the resignation of Nwajiuba to the press.

President Muhammadu Buhari asked members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) seeking elective positions to resign their posts just hours before the announcement.

President Buhari gave the order while presiding over the weekly FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa’s Council Chamber in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is exempt from this directive because he is a member of the cabinet who was elected.

Rotimi Amaechi (Transport), Godswill Akpabio (Niger Delta Affairs), Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Ogbonnaya Onu (Science, Technology, and Innovation), Emeka Nwajiuba (Education – State), and Timipre Sylva (Petroleum Resources – State) are among the ministers that have been affected.

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Minister, you are resigning leaving the Federal universities on strike. You people cannot solve the problems with our educational system l, and want to convince us that you have the solution to the myriads of problems facing this country. We can't trust you people again