The
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadija Ibrahim, has resigned her
appointment to run for election as a member of the House of Representatives in
the February 16 general elections.
Mrs Ibrahim confirmed to some State House
correspondents that Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting would
be her last.
She spoke shortly before the commencement of
the meeting.
Her resignation comes a month after the former
Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Jubril, resigned following his
selection as the 13th Emir of Nasarawa.
Mrs Ibrahim is running to represent
Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani Federal Constituency of Yobe State in the
forthcoming general elections.
She defeated her son-in-law, Mohammed Ibrahim,
to emerge the candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for
the election.
She scored 1,295 votes to her stepson’s 15
votes.
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mrs
Ibrahim as a minister in 2015.
During the 2015 National Assembly
elections, she was elected to represent Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani Federal
Constituency of Yobe State.
But shortly after she assumed duties at the
lower House of parliament, Mr Buhari appointed her to his cabinet.
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