2027: Minister speaks on alleged plans to resign for Lagos governorship seat

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has refuted claims that he plans to resign from the Federal Executive Council to contest the Lagos State governorship election.

In a post shared on X on Wednesday, Alausa made it clear that he remains fully committed to his role at the Federal Ministry of Education.

“We’re still hard at work here at the FME, don’t believe the rumours,” he wrote.

His statement comes amid growing political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to the election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties are scheduled to hold their primary elections between April 23 and May 30.

Under electoral guidelines, political appointees intending to seek elective positions are required to step down from their offices in order to contest and obtain their party tickets before the 2027 polls.

Section 77 (2) of the Electoral Act, 2026, further requires political parties to submit a detailed digital membership register to INEC at least 21 days prior to their primaries.

The register must include members’ names, sex, date of birth, address, state, local government area, ward, polling unit, national identity number, and photograph, provided in both hard and electronic copies.

The law also stipulates that only individuals whose names appear on the submitted register will be eligible to vote or be voted for during party primaries, congresses and conventions.