Posted on: 05:07 Mon, 09 Nov 2015



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