The presidency has reacted to a newspaper which says it will henceforth address President Muhammadu Buhari by his military rank of Major General.
Special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement, noted that there is nothing untoward in it.
The presidential spokesman said it is a rank the President attained by dint of hard work before he retired from the Nigerian Army.
According to him, it is another testimony of press freedom in Nigeria.
Adesina in the statement maintained that all over the world, just as in Nigeria, a large number of retired military officers are now democrats adding that it does not make those who did not pass through military service better than them.
Rather than being pejorative, addressing President Buhari by his military rank is another testimony to free speech and freedom of the press, which this administration has pledged to uphold and preserve.
