Nigerian women's affairs minister submits resignation - letter to president

By Reuters • Updated: 09/12/2019

FILE PHOTO: All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for Taraba State, Senator Aisha Alhassan, speaks after having her voting documents checked, at Lamorde Primary School ward in Jalingo, April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - Copyright Afolabi Sotunde(Reuters)

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ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister submitted her resignation in a letter to the president on Saturday.

Aisha Alhassan, though a relatively junior cabinet member, is the second minister to resign this month. Kemi Adeosun, who had overseen finance, stepped down over qualification forgery allegations.

(Reporting by Felix Onuah; Writing by Paul Carsten; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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