President Muhammadu Buhari<\/a> which was released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\nThe statement noted that the act categorically provides that such officers should resign 30 days before the party\u2019s primary elections of the specific post they are aspiring for.<\/p>\n
To this end, in compliance with the provision, all political appointees, and other public servants serving in the state government aspiring for political offices should submit their resignation letters to the SSG on or before 31st, March 2022.<\/p>\n
\u2018This is your information and strict compliance please, the statement declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has directed political appointees as well as public servants aspiring for political offices in 2023 to resign on or before 31st, March 2022. This was contained in a circular issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Balarabe Lawal Abbas on Wednesday. In a circular addressed to the heads […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":31590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3730,9213,903,18223,1505],"class_list":["post-162596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-3730","tag-appointees","tag-el-rufai","tag-public-servants","tag-resignation"],"yoast_head":"\n
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