Buhari approves presidential transition council

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, to facilitate and manage the 2023 Presidential transition programme.

This was disclosed in a statement via the President’s Twitter handle on Thursday.

President Buhari also signed Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions.

The new Executive Order puts in place a legal framework for the seamless transition of power from one Presidential Administration to another.

The Transition Council which is to be chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), would be inaugurated on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.