The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the inauguration of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, would not be a showpiece because of the dwindling economic fortune of the country.

This was disclosed yesterday by the chairman of the APC inauguration committee, Chief Timipre Sylva, who added that a number of foreign Heads of State are expected to grace the occasion.

He said: “There are no challenges, we are planning very well and I think we are going to give Nigerians a compact inauguration. 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. “We have not gotten all the confirmations but we have already gotten from some countries.

Sylva also denied the existence of any form rift between his committee and that of the outgoing government.

“There is no problem, it is just politics. What happened is that they were on the wrong side and they lost. We are on the right side and we won. And so, the government will have to continue and just like we were there when they were governing, they also have to be there when we are governing the country”, he said.

Commenting on the allegation that he has corruption charges on him and as such should not be in Buhari’s cabinet, Sylva wondered why his detractors would crucify him before the court pass its judgment, adding that he was innocent of the charges brought against him.

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