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Hello Zerzuran, I thought it would be prudent to move this discussion to the talk page. The use of "Nigerian as antecedent to titular officeholder" being "completely sound" is not really relevant, it is not change how offices are denoted in infoboxes — in nearly all similar pages (like Femi Gbajabiamila, Bosun Tijani, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga, Mohammed Daggash, and other members of cabinet in Nigeria) "Nigerian" is not used in the infobox. In fact, I could not find any recent examples of members of cabinet with "Nigerian" before their title in the infobox aside from the ones that you have personally added within the last 48 hours. The other argument for the change to "Nigerian National Security Advisor" would be that it was the official title; however, there is no indication of that as the official website uses simply "the National Security Advisor" — actually, nearly every single use of "Nigerian National Security Advisor" has come from foreign sources (for instance, the UK House of Commons or the US State Department) because they have an actual reason to denote which nationality the NSA is of. Overall, there is no need for the addition of "Nigerian" as it is redundant but it also goes against precedent for similar officeholders and the established use of Nigerian English. — Watercheetah99 (talk) 05:05, 26 December 2024 (UTC)Reply
