2027 polls: Transport minister Alkali resigns
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali, has resigned from his position. A statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Umar Alkali Jibril, said the minister’s decision followed a presidential directive requiring all political appointees seeking elective offices to step down. He said Alkali resigned to pursue his ambition of contesting the 2027 governorship […]
Minister of Transportation, Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali,
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali, has resigned from his position.
A statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Umar Alkali Jibril, said the minister’s decision followed a presidential directive requiring all political appointees seeking elective offices to step down.
He said Alkali resigned to pursue his ambition of contesting the 2027 governorship election in Gombe State.
“The President has accepted the resignation and thanked the minister for his dedicated service to the nation,” Jibril said in the statement.
Alkali’s resignation comes shortly after that of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, who stepped down on Monday to pursue his own political ambitions in Bauchi State.
Tuggar, who previously contested the APC governorship primaries in 2015, has maintained a visible political presence through sustained grassroots engagement and humanitarian interventions via the Tuggar Foundation.
Similarly, the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Sununu, has also resigned to contest a senatorial seat in Kebbi State.
Sununu, who assumed office in the humanitarian ministry in November 2024 after serving as Minister of State for Education, said his deployment was aimed at restoring the ministry’s image before deciding to pursue legislative office.
Also, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Nasiru Gawuna, resigned from his position and defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Gawuna, a former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, submitted his resignation in a letter dated March 27, 2026.