2027: Two Commissioners, One Other Quit Bago’s Govt 

Laleye Dipo in Minna

Following the expiration of the deadline given to political appointees to resign and pursue their political ambitions two members of the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago’s government have quit the administration.

Governor Bago had, through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), given political appointees interested in contesting the 2027 elections up to March 23 to resign to pursue their political interest.

It was learnt that the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Hajia Ladidi Rakiya Bawa Bosso,  and that of Commerce Industries and Cooperatives, Alhaji Haruna Arafat Abubakar Magaji, have tendered their letters of resignation to the government. They resigned days before the expiration of the ultimatum given.

Also, the Coordinator of the Rural Access and Mobility Programme (RAMP), who doubled as the chairman of the state football darling team management Committee, Niger Tornadoes football club of Minna, Ibrahim Dada Bosso, has also quit the government.

The trio, according to findings, are to contest different political positions under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Dada and Hajiya Bawa Bosso are to fight for the single House of Representatives seat (Bosso/ Paikoro) presently occupied by another APC member, Alhaji Yussuf Kure.

On his part, Alhaji Arafat Abubakar Magaji will try to unseat the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member of the House of Representatives for Suleja-Gurara, Alhaji Tanko Lokoja.