Tinubu appoints Kyari, 12 others as members of Presidential inauguration committee

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 Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed a former Senator, representing Borno North and current National Deputy Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Kyari, and twelve others as members of the Presidential Inauguration Committee.

The Committee is expected to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher Tinubu and Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, in as the President and Vice-President of the country.

An exclusive report by BarristerNG.com, said the appointment, which were conveyed in a letter to the President through the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced Kyari as Coordinator and Director of Finance and Budget of the Committee.

The list of appointees, to the report, has the Executive Director (Business Development) at the Nigeria Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank, Stella Okotete, who will serve as the head of Secretariat, Planning and Monitoring; while Makinde Araoye, an ex-All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant from Ekiti State, will serve as the Director of venue, parades and swearing-in for the week-long event.

The APC Presidential Campaign Spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, will serve as Head of Media and Publicity, while the Cross Rivers State Commissioner for Health and current National Women Leader of the ruling APC, Dr Betta Edu, will coordinate the medical team for the inauguration committee.

A retired military chief and younger brother of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Col. Abdulazeez Yar’Adua, will act as the head of security and ceremonial parade for the inauguration with Barr. Zainab Buba Marwa, the wife of former Lagos State Military Governor and current Director General of Nigeria’s Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Buba Marwa, coordinating the pre-inauguration dinner and gala night for the committee…