Presidential transition c’ttee promises to ensure smooth hand-over on May 29

By Dapo Akinrefon, with agency reports

ABUJA—The Presidential Transition Committee says it will ensure smooth transition of power between President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29.

Its Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the committee’s inaugural meeting yesterday in Abuja.

According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the meeting, presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo, was attended by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke.

Others at the meeting were the Ministers of Police Affairs and Transport, Jelil Adesiyan, and Idris Umar, respectively as well as the Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr Paul Orhii.

Anyim said that the committee would collect handover briefs from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), analyse them and prepare the President’s handover notes before May 29.

“Ours is to prepare the hand over briefs, and prepare the President’s handover note. By the time we are ready, then we will interface with the president-elect’s transition committee.

“Whatever clarification they need to know from our own briefs, we will provide those clarifications and then bring them at the same page with us.”

Anyim said the terms of reference of the committee include “to collect from all the MDAs the handover briefs, prepare them and interface with the in-coming administration’s transition committee. We will then prepare the president’s handover note”.

He explained that the Federal Government committee is aware that the in-coming administration also has its transition committee and promised that both groups will collaborate and harmonise their positions for a smooth handover exercise.

“After we have collected our own briefs from the ministries, we will put it together and interface with the other committee so that whatever clarifications they want, we will be able to address them,” he said.

The SGF said everything about the transition committee’s mandate would be executed and completed before the inauguration of the president-elect on May 29.

 

Presidential transition c’ttee promises to ensure smooth hand-over on May 29