Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has directed all political appointees and other public servants in the state aspiring for political office in 2023 to resign on or before March 31.
The commissioner for Budget and Planning, Muhammad Sani Abdullahi (Dattijo), who also served as El-Rufai’s Chief of Staff, had on Tuesday declared interest to succeed the state governor.
Dattijo said if elected, he will consolidate the governor’s achievements in moving the state forward.
Daily Trust also gathered that there are other political appointees and public servants interested in one political position or the other who are yet to declare their intentions.
In a memo issued by the Secretary to State Government, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, obtained by Daily Trust, the SSG said the Electoral Act 2022, recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari and released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on February 26, 2022, along with the time table of the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections, specified that political appointees and other public servants aspiring for political offices are expected to tender their resignation before the conduct of the political party primaries.
“The act categorically provides that such officers should resign 30 days before the party primary election of the specific post they are aspiring.
“In compliance with this provision, all political appointees and other public servants serving in the government of Kaduna State aspiring for political office should submit their letter of resignation to the secretary to the state government before 31st March 2022,” he said.
