2023 Elections: Gov. Bala Mohammed orders political appointees to resign
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi has ordered all political appointees and public servants in his government vying for political offices in the 2023 general elections to tender their resignation letters.
The order was contained in a statement by his media aide Mukhtar Gidado.
They are to submit their letters of resignation on or before April 8, 2022.
He explained that the order was in line with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, providing that political appointees and public servants aspiring for political offices in the 2023 general elections resign their appointments.
The provision stipulated that political appointees must resign 30 days before the primary elections.
The governor also directed commissioners wishing to contest in the primaries to hand over their offices to the permanent secretaries of their respective ministries.
“Other political officeholders should accordingly hand over government property in their possessions to the permanent secretary, general services, office of the head of civil service, Bauchi,” he said.
(NAN)
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