Senator Chris Ngige’s media office has criticized Femi Falana (SAN) for stating that Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, resigned following the valedictory meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ngige and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, were criticised by Falana for reportedly retracting their resignation letters in order to stay in the cabinet.
Falana had stated, “The resignation of any person from any office established by this constitution shall take effect when the writing signifying the resignation is received by the authority or person to whom it is addressed or by any person authorised by that authority or person to receive it.
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“Since the resignation of the former ministers has taken effect, they cannot return to the cabinet either of their own volition or on the directive of the President.”
Ngige’s office responded with a statement on Sunday, claiming that the minister never wrote a resignation letter.
Femi Falana was accused of insulting the public with “a terrible harvest of his bountiful imagination,” according to the office.
“Dear Femi Falana (SAN), you conjured a resignation letter, hanged it on Senator Chris Ngige, and proceeded to go to town with it,” it read. That’s terrible.
“Get your facts right, sir. First is that the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, neither authored nor submitted a resignation letter to the President or any other person authorised by him. Therefore, the resignation letter you referred to does not exist.’’
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Recall that President Buhari instructed all ministers with political ambitions to quit by May 16 at the latest.
Some ministers have submitted letters of resignation, and President Buhari met with the departing ministers on Friday.
Ngige, on the other hand, has indicated that he would not run for president in 2023 in order to focus on his duties.
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, also dropped out of the Kebbi gubernatorial campaign.
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