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Ibrahim Jibrin, minister of state for environment, has resigned from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari.

His resignation was announced during the federal executive council meeting of Wednesday.

Jibrin’s resignation follows his emergence as the 12th emir of Nasarawa town in Nasarawa local government area of the state.

The Nasarawa emirate council had settled for the choice of the man who had been overseeing the ministry of environment since the exit of Amina Mohammed, who left Buhari’s cabinet after she was appointed deputy secretary-general of the United Nations in 2017.

At a valedictory session held in honour of Jibrin, the president referred to him as “Your Highness”.

Buhari had earlier congratulated Jibrin on his new appointment.

“President Buhari congratulates the Minister of State for Environment, Hon. I.U Jibril on his selection as the 13th Emir of Nasarawa Emirate,” Bashir Ahmad, a personal assistant to the president, had tweeted last week.

“He urges him to build on the legacies of his predecessor and promote peace and unity in the emirate.”