“HONOURING A LEGACY: PRESIDENT TINUBU CONSTITUTES INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUHARI’S STATE BURIAL”
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee to oversee the state burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Chaired by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, the committee is responsible for planning and coordinating a dignified state funeral for the late elder statesman.
Committee Members
– Chairman: Senator George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation
– Members:
– Ministers:
– Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy
– Minister of Budget and Economic Planning
– Minister of Defence
– Minister of Information and National Orientation
– Minister of Works
– Minister of Interior
– Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
– Minister of Housing and Urban Development
– Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare
– Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy
Security and Advisory Roles:
National Security Adviser
– Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination
– Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political and Other Matters
– Inspector General of Police
– Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS)
– Chief of Defence Staff
Condolence Registers
All Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have been directed to open condolence registers at their offices for the public to pay their respects.
Central condolence registers will also be available at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja for the diplomatic community and the general public
The Office of the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office (GSO), will serve as the Secretariat to the Committee.
In honour of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, President Tinubu has also directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to open condolence registers at the entrance of their respective offices for the public to pay their respects to the late Elder Statesman.
Additionally, a central condolence register for the diplomatic community and the general public will be opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja
Further briefings will follow as the days unfold their respective offices for the public to pay their respects to the late Elder Statesman.
Additionally, a central condolence register for the diplomatic community and the general public will be opened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja
Further briefings will follow as the days unfold
