Buhari sets up presidential handover team

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an executive order setting up a transitional team that will usher in a new government after the forthcoming general elections.

“The new executive order puts in place a legal framework for the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another,” he said.

Nigerians go the polls on 25 February.

Mr Buhari, 80, is serving his last term in office, as he is constitutionally barred from running again in the elections.

A new president will be sworn in on 29 May.

This article originally appeared on BBC News.

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