Tinubu, Shettima to receive national honours

• Ikenna Okafor

President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be conferred with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Thursday, May 25.

In a twitter post on Thursday afternoon by the Special Assistant to the President on digital and new media, Tolu Ogunlesi, President Muhammadu Buhari will confer national honours on the president-elect. Also, the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima will be honoured with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).

BREAKING: On Thursday May 25, 2023, President-Elect @officialABAT and Vice President-Elect @KashimSM will be conferred with the National Honours of GCFR and GCON respectively, by President @MBuhari.#Transition2023NG

— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) May 18, 2023

The president’s aide also disclosed that Buhari’s administration would also officially hand over the transition document to the president and vice-president-elect, Tinubu and Shettima, on the same day.

The announcement maintained that the day would be a colourful one in the history of the country and that it would be enabled by Executive Order 14, which President Buhari had signed.