Laraba MUREY
The Federal Government has mandated the Handover Notes, Collation, and Transition Committee inaugurated on Tuesday to expeditiously collate and submit handover notes within three weeks.
The inauguration of the committee which followed a directive by the Presidential Transition Council, is in line with the Presidential Executive Order No. 14 of 2023, to ensure the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another.
While inaugurating the committee in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr. Nasir Sani Gwarzo, gave them 3 weeks to collate and harmonize the handover notes from all departments, agencies, and programmes under the supervision of the ministry in the approved template.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, for facilitating and managing the 2023 transition programme. The President has also signed the Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of the Presidential Transitions on 9th February 2023 and directed that the Council be inaugurated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on 14th February 2023.”
“In view of the above, it has become necessary for the Ministry to set up a Ministerial Committee for the collation and development of the Handing Over Notes of the entire Humanitarian Sector and come up with a Transition Plan to enable the Ministry interface with the Presidential Transition Council which will be rather soon. Therefore, it is important to note that time is of the essence here,” he said.
Sani- Gwarzo further stated that the all the necessary logistics will be provided to ensure that the notes are ready within the stipulated time frame ahead of the Presidential Transition Council visit to the ministry.
He said the first draft of the notes must be submitted on Tuesday, 28th March 2023, adding that all submissions must be both hard and soft copies to enable the secretariat to collate, harmonize and produce the first draft for vetting.
Earlier, the Director of Planning Research and Statistics in the ministry, Mr. Peter Nwakpa, said the Transition Council, inugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari, was charged with Executive Order No 14 of 2023 to ensure a seamless transition of power
