This week’s Federal Executive Council meeting is being presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The Council’s meeting on Wednesday, which started a little after 10:00 am, is its last one before a new president is inaugurated on May 29, 2023.
The opening Christian and Muslim prayers were recited by the ministers of special duties, George Akume and Isa Pantami, respectively.
Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, the head of the civil service, and Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the chief of staff to the president, are all in attendance at the FEC meeting.
Buhari Preside Over FEC Meeting At The Villa
Also present are the Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Science and Technology, Olorunimbe Mamora; Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Justice, Abubakar Malami, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq; Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo; Agriculture, Mohammed Abubakar; Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Sports, Sunday Dare, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige and FCT, Mohammed Bello.
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Gbemisola Saraki, is also present.
Meanwhile, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is away in London, the United Kingdom, where he will spend an additional week undergoing dental treatment.
Buhari “will remain in London, the United Kingdom, for an additional week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him,” a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed late Tuesday.
Adesina explained that the Specialist requires to see the President in another five days for a procedure already commenced.
Buhari, who left for the UK last Wednesday to attend the coronation ceremony of King Charles III, was expected back in the country early this week.
The President joined other world leaders to attend the coronation on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
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