The Federal Government has released a new
directive on how President Muhammadu Buhari
should be addressed at formal functions.
This is as the President also directed Minister to
inaugurate Federal Boards of MDAs.
The two policies were contained in separate
circulars by the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Gida Mustapha.
“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,” Mustapha said in
one of the circulars dated 26 January 2018.
He added, “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.
According to him the new directive indicates the
president, though a retired Major General is not to
be addressed by that military rank at formal
functions.
In another circular dated 26 February 2018 and
signed by the SGF, the President directed all
ministers to inaugurate the boards of various
parastatals under their supervision.
President Buhari had in December 2017 appointed
209 board chairmen and 1,258 board members.
The circular which directed all ministers to conclude
the inauguration of the boards on or before Friday,
March 9 added that the reports of the inauguration
exercise are expected to reach the Office of the
SGF not later than March 16.
He said the directive was given following the
approval of President Buhari for the Federal
Government to publish the membership of Boards of
Parastatals under various Ministries, Departments
and Agencies.
“Where the law provides Institutional
Representatives should be Civil Servants not below
the rank of Director in relevant MDAs, for effective
reporting,” the circular said.
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