Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has directed all political appointees and other public servants in the state government aspiring for any political office in 2023 to resign on or before 31 March 2022.
The State’s Commissioner of Budget and Planning, Muhammad Sani Abdullahi (Dattijo), who also served as El-Rufai’s Chief of Staff is the only political appointee that has indicated interest to succeed the state governor.
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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, and obtained by Daily Trust, Lawal said the electoral act 2022 recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 26th of February 2022 along with the timetable of the schedule of activities for 2023 General Election, specified that political appointees and other public servants aspiring for political offices are expected to tender their resignation prior to the conduct of the political party’s 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 of the state Government before 31st March 2022,” he said.
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