The President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons into the Presidential Transition Council (PTC).
We had reported that two slots were reserved for the president-elect in the transition council President Muhammadu Buhari set up before elections.
On Tuesday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTC, Boss Mustapha, disclosed that Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, and a former Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State, Chief Olawale Edun, had been nominated as member of the council.
Mustapha assured that the transition process was on course and that all efforts were being made to ensure that there would be peaceful formal transfer of power to the new President.
Speaking at the first interface between the PTC and the media since its constitution by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, under Executive Order 14 which was signed on February 7, 2023, Mustapha said that since the inauguration, the council has met four times with the 5th held on Tuesday.