The minister of information and communication, Dora Akunyili, has resigned her appointment in order to pursue her senatorial ambition.
Mrs. Akunyili, whose resignation takes effect on Thursday, announced her resignation after today's Federal Executive Council.
A presidency source told NEXT that Mrs. Akunyili tendered her resignation letter to the president on Monday.
Labaran Maku, the former minister of state for information, is now the substantive head of the ministry.
Mrs. Akunyili has also defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) on whose platform she intends to contest for the Anambra central senatorial ticket. She has, this afternoon picked APGA's senatorial form.
The APGA is the ruling party in Anambra State.
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