In line with the country’s Transition Law, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a Presidential Transition Council to facilitate and manage the 2023 transition programme.
The President had in October directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha and the Ministers to start preparing a transition plan for the incoming Administration to ensure proper documentation of all the Policies, Programmes and Projects of Government with up-to-date status of implementation.
This was made known by Willie Bassey, Director of Information of the Secretary to the Government, noting that the Transition Council will be inaugurated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday 14th February, 2023 at 12 noon at the Conference Hall of the SGF.
Members of the committee are; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as the Chairman, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice.
Others are Permanent Secretaries from the following Ministries and Offices, Defence, Interior, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Foreign Affairs, Information and Culture, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Cabinet Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
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Also, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Economic and Political Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), State House, National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector-General of Police, Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Director General, State Security Services, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria; and Two representatives, to be nominated by the President-elect.
Members are expected to attend the inauguration in person.
Also, the President has signed the Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of the Presidential Transitions.
A key feature of the Presidential Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 is the institutionalization of a legal framework that would enable a seamless transition of power from one Presidential Administration to another which is part of President Buhari’s legacy.