The resignation is with immediate effect, SummitNews learnt Monday night.

This was confirmed in a statement issued by Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information  and Strategy.

Onanuga said the minister communicated his decision to President Bola Tinubu in a letter dated December 1.

Abubakar said he was quitting on health grounds.

“President Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to the nation.

“President Tinubu will likely inform the Senate of Badaru’s successor later this week.

“Badaru Abubakar, 63, was a two-term governor of Jigawa state from 2015 to 2023. He was appointed as a minister on August 21, 2023, by President Tinubu.

“His resignation comes amid President Tinubu’s declaration of a national security emergency, with plans to elaborate on its scope in due course,” Onanuga said in the statement.

The Tinubu administration is currently battling to stem the rising insecurity across the country.

Just recently, over 250 students and teachers of a Catholic school in Niger State were abducted by terrorists, and efforts to rescue the victims have not yielded fruitful results.i

This is apart from other Nigerians who have also been kidnapped in the past few days by the rampaging bandits across the country.