HOW PRESIDENT BUHARI SHOULD BE ADDRESSED HENCEFORTH – NIGERIAN GOVT
HOW
PRESIDENT BUHARI SHOULD BE ADDRESSED HENCEFORTH – NIGERIAN GOVT
President
Muhammadu Buhari addressing the Part chieftains during the Party' 4th National
Caucus Meeting held Monday night at the Presidential Villa Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY
AGHAEZE. FEB 26 2018
The federal government has released a new directive on
how President Muhammadu Buhari should be addressed at formal functions.
The
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, gave the
directive in a circular sent to ministries, departments and agencies of the
federal government.
“Government
has observed with concern the inconsistent manner in which the President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria is addressed during Official and Private functions.
It has therefore become necessary to have a standard format for addressing him
at such formal occasions,” Mr. Mustapha wrote in the circular dated January 26.
“To this
end, Mr. President shall henceforth be addressed as ‘‘MUHAMMADU BUHARI,
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.’’ except in purely Armed Forces
Programmes, where “COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA” will be added.
“All
concerned persons should accordingly be guided and ensure strict compliance
with the contents of this Circular.”
This new
directive indicates the president, though a retired major general, is not to be
addressed by that military rank at formal functions.