Buhari Names SGF Mustapha, Lai Moh’d, IGP Alkali, Aregbesola, Others In 2022 Independence Day Celebration Committee

The Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Authorities has inaugurated a 15-man Inter-Ministerial Committee to organise the celebration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary.

Naija Information stories that the Committee was inaugurated in Abuja on Friday by the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.

Talking on the inauguration, Mustapha mentioned the Committee was constituted to plan, organise and execute all authorized actions befitting Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary celebration on 1st October, 2022, in addition to doc for posterity, all deliberate actions for the Anniversary.

Based on SGF, the Committee would additionally co-opt organisations and individuals related to the profitable execution of the programmes, and perform different assignments as could also be required in direction of the profitable implementation of the programme.

He disclosed that the Committee would meet frequently to offer obligatory path on all of the actions earmarked for the Celebration, whereas sub-committees could be constituted to help in executing particular assignments from the Inter-Ministerial Committee.

The composition of the Inter-Ministerial Committee is as follows:

i. Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation Chairman
ii. Minister of Data and Tradition Member
iii. Minister of Inside Member
iv. Minister of Finance, Price range and Nationwide Planning Member
v. Minister of International Affairs Member
vi. Minister of Federal Capital Territory Administration Member
vii. Minister of Particular Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Member
viii. Nationwide Safety Adviser Member
ix. Particular Adviser to President on Coverage and Coordination Member
x. Everlasting Secretary, State Home Member
xi. Everlasting Secretary, Common Providers Workplace Member
xii. Inspector-Common of Police Member
xiii. Director-Common, Division of State Providers Member
xiv. Commander, Guards Brigade Member
xv. Everlasting Secretary, Political and Financial Affairs Workplace Member/ Secretary.

In the meantime, Mustapha additionally inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Overview of the Implementation of the United Nations Common Periodic Overview (UPR), constituted to evaluation the implementation of the United Nations Common Periodic end result of the human rights scenario in Nigeria throughout the intervening years between the final evaluations.

SGF, who was represented on the occasion by the Particular Adviser to the President on Coverage and Coordination, Dr Habiba Lawal, said that the Phrases of Reference of the Inter-Ministerial Committee embody getting ready and submitting a draft Nation Report of the Human Rights Scenario in Nigeria in accordance with the United Nations Human Rights Council tips for the fourth evaluation of Nigeria in the course of the fourth evaluation cycle of the UPR mechanism.

He added that the Committee would additionally assess the extent of implementation of the accepted suggestions made to Nigeria by the UN Human Rights Council in the course of the third evaluation cycle; and take acceptable steps in direction of the implementation by Nigeria in preparation for the fourth evaluation cycle.

SGF said that for the reason that inception of UPR, the Federal Authorities had totally cooperated with United Nations (UN) human rights safety mechanism by actively taking part within the evaluation course of, including that Nigeria had been reviewed on three occasions- February 2009, October 2013, and November 2018.