Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari will decide fate of ministers who declared interest in elective offices but later backed out.
Written by News Room on May 19, 2022
The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed says President Muhammadu Buhari will decide the fate of ministers who declared interest in elective offices but later backed out.
He made the comment while addressing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, he will need to confirm the status of the returning ministers from the President.
His comment followed Buhari’s directive to members of his cabinet seeking elective positions in next year’s poll to resign. About nine ministers were affected but some of them later rescinded their decision to vie for an elective post.
Aside from the fate of the ministers, Lai also refuted speculations that the Federal Government plans to ban Facebook due to the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He said the social media giant has assured that it will take action against posts that incite violence on its platform, months after the government reversed the ban on Twitter.
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