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Former President, Buhari, Osinbajo, Gambari still listed on State House website
The names of former President Muhammadu Buhari, his former Vice, Yemi Osinbajo and the immediate past Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari are still on the website of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa as occupants.
Aso Villa is the workplace and official residence of the President of Nigeria since 1991 when Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja.
It is located at Yakubu Gowon Crescent, The Three Arms Zone, Asokoro, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria.
Several names that are used for Aso Villa include: State House, The Rock and The Villa.
A check on the villa website ( https://statehouse.gov.ng/presidency/) on Monday, June 26 showed that it had not been updated for weeks as Buhari, Osinbajo and others were still listed as occupants of the palatial residence as of the time of filing this report.
The duo had on May 29 handed over the rein of power to President Bola Tinubu and Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
However, Buhari’s picture is still on display on the state house website.
Details about former appointees of the past President and his Vice were also yet to be changed.
“The Chief of Staff to the President is Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari. He was appointed on May 13, 2020, to succeed the late Mallam Abba Kyari, who held the office from August 27, 2015, until his death on April 17, 2020. Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat, is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a non-governmental think-tank on research, policy studies, advocacy and training on the nexus between conflict prevention and resolution, democratisation and development in Africa,” info about the Office of the President read.
“The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is overseen by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Vice President. The current occupant of that position is Mr Ade Ipaye,” that of the Vice President read.
In the 2023 budget, N67.1million was budgeted for Internet access to the Villa.
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