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Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette

Government Notice No. 159 INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF PRlME MINISTER OF THE Government OF THE FEDERATION 1 By His Excellency Doctor NNAMDI AzrKIWE, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. NNAMDI AZIKIWE President In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsection (1) of section 87 of the Constitution of the Federation, I, NNAMDI AZIKIWE, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Fedeh l Republic of Nigeria, do hereby, appoint with effect from the 7th day of January, 1965, ALHAJI THE RT. HoN. SIR AIIUBAKAR TAFAWA BALBWA, K.B.E., to the office of …