Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has directed all political appointees running for elective offices in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to resign from their respective positions.
The directive said “They are given between now to Monday, 18th April, 2022, to resign.”
This is in compliance with Section 84 (12) of the newly amended Electoral Act.
Some Commissioners, Special Advisers and even the Secretary to the State Government, are all running for various elective offices.
Already, reports have it that tension has gripped many of those going out of the Government, with full uncertainty on what would happen in the general elections.
