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  • Just in: Buhari presides over virtual FEC meeting

    Just in: Buhari presides over virtual FEC meeting

    President Muhmmadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting has commenced in the State House, Abuja.

    The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; and 11 Ministers are physically attending the meeting.

    The Ministers at the Council Chambers include those of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed; Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN); Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika; as well as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami.

    Other Ministers physically present are those of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Special Duties, George Akume; Education, Adamu Adamu; and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada.

    Before the meeting entered the main session, President Buhari called for a minute silence in honour of late ex-Sports and Youths Development Minister, Inuwa Abdulkadir.

    Abdulkadir, who was a member of the recently dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) and National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died on Monday.

  • Photo News: NSA Monguno resurfaces at FEC meeting

    Photo News: NSA Monguno resurfaces at FEC meeting

    Major-General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser resurfaced Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.

    Monguno had set off concerns about his status in the administration after he was absent at last week’s FEC meeting and also the meeting on Monday between President Buhari and Service chiefs.

    Speculations that his absence may be a fallout over his leaked memo that the President’s Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, was meddling in his duties, by holding meetings with security chiefs and giving them instructions.

    Abba Kyari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila and Monguno on Wednesday

    NSA Major General Babagana Monguno with VP Yemi Osinbajo at FEC meeting on Wednesday. With them is Secretary to the Government Boss Mustapha

    But government sources squelched the speculations by attributing his absence to his attendance of a Security Conference in Munich Germany. The conference held 14-16 February.

    On Wednesday, photographs showed him bantering with Abba Kyari at the Council meeting, where the members of the National Assembly Commission were also sworn in by Buhari. One photo also sshowed the two men from Borno state shaking hands.

    Photos by Sunday Aghaeze

    Monguno, centre, with Gbemi Saraki and another minister

    R-L, Monguno, right, with Fashola, Paulen Tallen

    Standing ‘attention ‘ as Buhari arrives for the FEC meeting

    Buhari at the meeting

  • Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

    Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    President Muhammadu Buhari is in Sochi, Russia, attending a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.

    Osinbajo had on Sept. 25, presided over the FEC meeting when the President attended the 74th session of UN General Assembly in New York.

  • JUST IN: Buhari chairs FEC meeting

    JUST IN: Buhari chairs FEC meeting

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

    The meeting, which is the first under the second term administration of President Buhari, started around 11am in the Council Chamber with rendition of the National anthem.

    In his brief remarks at the beginning of the meeting, the President told the ministers that they cannot afford to fail Nigerians.

    Reminding them of the oath they took three weeks ago, he said they must give selfless service to the nation.

    At the meeting were the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita and National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno.

    After confirmation of the appointment of the 43 Ministers by the Senate and two-day retreat in the Banquet Hall, the ministers were sworn in by the President on the 21st of August, 2019.

    Since the swearing-in, the President had given the ministers some weeks to familiarise themselves with their ministries.

    The FEC meeting was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

    Details shortly…

  • Buhari’s minister resigns after FEC meeting

    Buhari’s minister resigns after FEC meeting

    The Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibrin has resigned from the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

    He resigned at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

    Jibrin was selected as the new Emir of Nasarawa, in Nasarawa Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

    The President, in a statement at the weekend had saluted the people of Nasarawa Emirate and the State Government on the hitch-free exercise which led to the emergence of Alhaji Jibrin as the 13th Emir.

    Describing the new First Class traditional ruler as a “wise choice and worthy successor,” President Buhari averred that Alhaji Jibrin’s impeccable credentials as a distinguished public servant and land expert will be deployed to impact positively on development of his emirate.

    Buhari, in the statement had said “His people will benefit immensely from his wealth of experience in the Ministry of Environment,”

    The former Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed had resigned in 2017 to take up United Nations job.

  • Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

    Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The meeting started around 11.03am when Osinbajo arrived the Council Chamber.

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday visited Borno State as part of efforts to sympathize with soldiers, who recently lost colleagues and friends and loved ones to deadly attacks by the insurgents, Boko Haram.

    About 18 ministers and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, were in the Council chamber during the rendition of the opening National anthem.

    The National anthem was followed by Muslims prayer offered by the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, while the Christian prayer was said by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah.

    Among the issues scheduled for consideration is biometric presentations by some government agencies.

    Stakeholders to make the biometric presentation during the closed doors meeting include the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Federal Ministry of Health.

    The meeting was still in progress at the time of filing this report.

  • Buhari cancels weekly FEC meeting

    Buhari cancels weekly FEC meeting

    The Presidency on Tuesday said it has cancelled the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council that would have been held on Wednesday.
    The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.
    Adesina attributed the cancellation to the ongoing primaries of the All Progressives Congress.
    He said some members of the council were deeply involved in the exercise holding across states.
    The statement read, “The Federal Executive Council meeting will not take place on Wednesday, October 3, 2018.
    “This is informed by the ongoing political activities, particularly party primaries, in which some members of the Council are deeply involved in various states of the federation.”
    The council’s meetings hold every Wednesday, with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.
    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo stands in for the President whenever he is not available.
    Osinbajo presided over last week’s meeting as Buhari was attending the 73rd United Nations General Assembly which held in New York.

  • Presidency keeps mum as weekly FEC meeting is suspended

    The Federal Government on Wednesday put off the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

    The meeting holds every Wednesday at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    President Muhammadu Buhari presides over the meeting, while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo steps in whenever the President is not available.

    As of Wednesday, Buhari was rounding off his official visit to The Netherlands where he participated in the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, among other activities.

    Osinbajo was, however, in Abuja, as he attended the 10th National Development Summit of Traditional Rulers.

    He later conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the floods which affected Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital last Friday.

    As of the time of filing this report, no official reason has been given for the cancellation of the meeting.

    The last time the meeting was put off was on June 20.

    The Presidency had, at the time, attributed the cancellation to the long Sallah break.

  • Just in: Osinbajo stands in for sick Buhari, presides over FEC meeting

    The weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council is ongoing at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting holding inside the Council Chamber.

    Osinbajo is standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in London, United Kingdom where he is scheduled to meet with his doctor.

     

    Details soon..

  • Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting [Photos]

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) as the Ministries of Information and Culture, as well as Women Affairs, brief the Council on their activities since Nov. 2015 till today.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting of the Council which started at about 11.00 a.m. at the Council Chamber of the presidential villa would also receive presentations from the Ministries of Defence and Transportation.

    All heads of agencies under the Ministry of Information and Culture including the Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga, were at the venue of the meeting to support the minister’s presentation.

    The meeting is attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and the National Security Adviser to the President, Babagana Monguno.

    Others attending the meeting are the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, cabinet ministers and some presidential aides.