At Last - Presidency Confirms Ministers To Be Sworn In On Wednesday

 

Ministers will be sworn in this Wednesday and can only

have two guests. Press statement from the presidency.

President Muhammadu Buhari will officially inaugurate

a new Federal Executive Council on Wednesday,

November 11, 2015. Before the commencement of the

inaugural session of the council, the ministers-designate

will take their oaths of office in the Council Chambers of

the Presidential Villa.

The swearing-in ceremony will begin promptly at 10:00

Hours and the ministers-designate are expected to be

seated in the Council Chambers by 09:30 Hours at the

latest.

Each minister-designate can only be accompanied to the

swearing-in ceremony by a maximum of two guests. Also,

following the confirmation of their nominations by the

Senate, President Buhari will tomorrow at the

Presidential Villa, preside over the swearing-in of Prof.

Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent

National Electoral Commission (INEC), and five others as

National Commissioners of INEC.

The swearing-in of Prof. Yakubu, Mrs. Amina Zakari, Mr.

Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, Prof. Antonia Taiye Okoosi-

Simbine, Dr. Muhammed Mustafa Lecky and Alhaji Baba

Shettima Arfo is scheduled for 11:00 Hours in the Council

Chambers of the Presidential Villa.

Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media &

Publicity) November 8, 2015