Presidential hopeful and Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, on Wednesday in Abuja, said he would not bow to a new directive issued by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress mandating all political appointees who aspire to participate in the May primary elections at all levels to resign at least 30 days before the conduct of the primaries, as he was not aware of such directive.
Ngige, who maintained that he had no idea about the directive, said it was his constitutional right to run for the country’s highest office.
“I don’t know about that. I’m hearing it for the first time from you. But like I always say, I’ll be guided by the letters and spirit of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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