President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday, May 25 confer
national honours on President-elect Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the
vice-president-elect.
Tinubu will be conferred with the Grand Commander of the
Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) while Shettima will be honoured with the
Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential transition
committee and secretary to the government of the federation, announced the
development on Thursday.
Mustapha who described the upcoming event as historically significant to the country and the international community, particularly Africa because of the democratic values and lessons in nationhood, said “it was for these reasons, the committee chose Nigeria: Better Together, as the theme for the 2023 transition”.
GCFR is Nigeria’s highest national honour and is only
reserved for Presidents.
Mustapha said there would also be an official handover of
transition documents to the incoming administration.
“This is going to be the most organised and seamless
presidential transition in the history of Nigeria, enabled by executive order
14 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari,” he said.
He said on May 27, there will be an inaugural lecture by
Uhuru Kenyatta, former President of Kenya.
In February, Buhari signed executive order 14 to enable the
facilitation and management of presidential transitions. The executive order
has put a legal framework in place for the seamless transition of power.
Speaking on the protests against the inauguration of Tinubu
and Shettima as President and Vice-President respectively, he said: “Let me say
without any fear of contradiction, there will be an inauguration on 29th of
May”.
“We will proceed with the inauguration of President-elect
Tinubu and the litigation will continue. Our constitution and electoral act
have dealt with that. Our laws are sacrosanct,” the SGF added.
Tinubu will be sworn into office on May 29 at Eagle Square
in Abuja.
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