2023 Presidency: Why I Have Not Declared My Intention, Buhari's Minister RevealsYour support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Awka, Anambra state - Senator Chris Ngige, the minister of labour and employment, says he is making consultations with political leaders and would make his intentions on the 2023 presidency known by Easter. The Punch reported that the minister said this at the Anambra office of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Awka at the weekend. He was quoted to have said: Recommended for you "Simi don trabaye": Video of Adekunle Gold, wife & Deja jubilating over his... PAY ATTENTION: Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! Legit.ng gathers that a group of Anambra women led by Nancy Okafor had asked Ngige to declare for the presidency. The women said the labour minister was the right person from the southeast for the position. Okafor said that they had waited for his declaration for the presidency without any response, adding that they were no longer comfortable with his silence on the issue, The Nation also stated. She said: Recommended for you “Hand dey scratch baba”: Davido mistakenly posts video of him getting massa... Meanwhile, a former president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has indicated interest to contest the 2023 presidency. His declaration is coming after former national Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Ebonyi state governor Dave Umahi, Senate Chip Whip Orji Kalu and former Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha declared a similar interest. The former Kwara governor said he has a strong record of delivering and experience in making tough decisions. In another related development, Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has said he told former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to allow him to contest the presidency in 2023 because he is old and fatigued with Nigeria. He said this in his speech while receiving the report of a Contact and Consultation Committee which he established for his presidential ambition which was held on Friday, January 28 at Government House, Bauchi. The committee headed by Senator Adamu Gumba, which was inaugurated in August 2021, visited 16 northern states where it interacted with various stakeholders in those states. Source: Legit.ng A group of women in Anambra state has asked the minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, to run for president in 2023 Responding, Ngige said he is still making consultations before making his decision concerning their request known The labour minister who spoke in Awka also revealed when he will make his intentions known to Nigerians Your support matters. Sustain independent journalism in Nigeria – contribute to Legit.ng. Awka, Anambra state - Join Legit.ng Telegram channel! Never miss important updates! Legit.ng “We’ve started political talks again. Please, give me around Easter where we’re going to have another session like this to discuss your request. “I’m still consulting the political leaders in the country on your request, by that time I will decide, I know it’s my right to decide on that. I will take such decision at the appropriate time.” “We don’t want to wait for three months for you to decide whether to run or not, we’re mandating you to throw your hat in the ring for that position.”