President Bola Tinubu has approved the constitution of an inter-ministerial committee for the state funeral of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari died at 82 in London on Sunday after a prolonged illness.
In a statement issued on Monday, Tinubu named George Akume, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF) as the chairman of the committee.
According to the statement issued by Segun Imohiosen, director of information and public relations in the SGF’s office, the committee is tasked with the responsibility of planning and coordinating a befitting state burial for the late elder statesman.
Other members of the committee include the following minister of finance and coordinating Minister of the economy, minister of budget and economic planning, minister of defence, minister of information and national orientation, minister of works and minister of interior.
Others are minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), minister of housing and urban development, minister of state for health and social welfare and minister of art, culture and creative economy.
There are also the national security adviser (NSA), special adviser to the president on policy and coordination, senior special assistant to the president on political and other matters; the inspector-general of police (IGP), director-general of the department of state services (DSS) and the chief of defence staff.
The statement added that the office of the permanent secretary, general services office (GSO), will serve as the secretariat to the committee.
President Tinubu has also directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to open condolence registers at the entrance of their respective offices for the public to pay their respects to the late Buhari.
A central condolence register for the diplomatic community and the general public will be opened at the ministry of foreign affairs and the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja.
