
President Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has announced that as from May 29 when he assumes office as President, he would drop the title, ‘General’ from his name.
A statement from his Media team today, signed by the Director in the Directorate of Media and Publicity of the President-Elect, Mallam Garba Shehu also released the official portrait of the President elect and his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
The one paragraph statement reads: “From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria.” [myad]