Nigeria’s President Muhammadu BuhariWith the resignation of the women affairs minister, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar to supervise the ministry.
Aisha Alhassan, who had been the minister since the beginning of the Buhari’s government, resigned later this week in protest over her disqualification from contesting the governorship position of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State.
President Buhari, who accepted Aisha Alhassan’s resignation in a letter dated today, Sunday, September 30, said: “I have received your letter offering your resignation as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I accept your resignation with immediate effect.
“On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I thank you for your past services to the nation.”
President Buhari directed that the resumption of Aisha Abubakar as minister of women affairs and social development should be with immediate effect.
