‘We can’t afford extravagant inauguration ceremony,’ APC says

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May 14, 2015 10:13 AM

The APC further explained that the ceremony would be low-key because the country can’t afford an elaborate ceremony.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it has no plans to hold a flamboyant inauguration ceremony for President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

This was disclosed on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, by the Chairman of the APC Transition Committee, Timipre Sylva.

“There are no challenges, we are planning very well and I think we are going to give Nigerians a compact inauguration,” Sylva said while speaking to journalists in Abuja.

“We are not going to be flamboyant. We think that this country cannot afford a flamboyant ceremony this time because the economy is not in good shape right now. So we are actually planning to give Nigerians a sanitized and compact event which will be a source of pride to Nigerians,” he added.

Sylva also denied reports of a rift between the incoming and the outgoing government.

President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over to Buhari on Friday, May 29, 2015.

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