Three months to the end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council to facilitate and manage the 2023 transition programme.
Members of the Council are: the Secretary to the Government of the Federation who is to also serves as Chairman. Others are: the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation; Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice. Permanent Secretaries from the Ministries of 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), 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 are also members.
Also, the Council is made up of the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff, the Inspector-General of Police, Director General, National Intelligence Agency, the Director General, State Security Services, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and two representatives, to be nominated by the incoming president.
A statement by Willie Bassey, the Director of Information in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said the Council will be inaugurated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Tuesday 14th February, 2023.
According to the statement, President Buhari has also signed the Executive Order No.14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of the Presidential Transitions.
A key feature of the Executive Order is the institutionalization of a legal framework to enable a seamless transition of power from one administration to another.
