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President Muhammadu Buhari
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After spending nearly three weeks in the saddle,
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to move into the Presidential Villa and
commence serious business of governance next week, a competent Presidency
source confirmed to Vanguard.
Since being declared
winner of the 2015 Presidential election, Buhari has been operating from the
Defence House in Maitama and has been conducting official business of
government from there, having taken over the mantle of leadership on May 29,
2015 from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
But authoritative
Presidency sources told Vanguard
that Buhari was set to move into the Presidential Villa before the end of the
week and might also name the first set of top government officials to
kick-start the administration, which has witnessed a lull in the last three
weeks.
Vanguard learnt that the
President was ready to move from Defence House to the Villa possibly early next
week following completion of renovation of the President’s residence by the
company which handled the project.
“It is true that the
construction company has completed the President’s wing and he is set to move in
any moment from now. As at today, it is only the Vice President’s residence
that is yet to be fully completed.
“We expect that the two
men will move into the villa by next week since the work in the Vice
President’s apartment is not a serious one,” an official in the Presidency
explained to Vanguard.
The source explained
that Buhari was set to begin naming some key officials of his government as
soon as he moves into the Villa to prepare the grounds for the take-off of
serious work for Nigerians who have been expecting action from the
administration.
Fashola, Fayemi, others
fine-tune 800-page report
As a prelude to setting
up his administration, Buhari has reportedly handed over the 800-page
Transition Committee Report to a trusted team of his associates, headed by
former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola; former Ekiti governor,
Kayode Fayemi and others to reduce into a sizable and workable document.
Fashola is being tipped
to emerge as Chief of Staff to the President because of his pedigree as a former
Chief of Staff, governor and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
An impeccable source
said that it was Buhari who instructed that after all others had completed
working on transition report, they should hand over the voluminous document to
Fashola to reduce into an implementable format for him to read and take
necessary actions.
The source said:
“Hopefully, from next week, some appointments would be announced. Buhari is a
fast reader and he will be able to take immediate actions based on the
transition report.”
A member of the Buhari
Transition Committee, who pleaded anonymity because of the sensitive nature of
the matter, confirmed to Vanguard
that the final report presented to the president last week was a comprehensive
document meant to guide him in taking decisions as to the shape and nature of
his administration to bring about the needed change in the country.
The member said that
what they presented to the President was more of a blueprint and how best to go
about it in order to bring the country out of the woods.
The member said: “The final
report is very rich and we believe it will help Mr. President in putting a
solid structure of his government and give him policy direction as well.”
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