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  • Buhari Presides Over Last FEC Meeting

    Buhari Presides Over Last FEC Meeting

    President Buhari on Wednesday May 24, presided over his last Federal Executive Council meeting.

    The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and all 44 ministers and ministers of state are physically in attendance as the President begins by swearing in seven federal commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

    The FEC, which has held no fewer than 15 sessions in 2023 alone, is expected to adopt the conclusions of the last three of its meetings, comprising two extraordinary meetings and one regular meeting.

    Buhari is also expected to officially dissolve the cabinet, after which an opportunity will be given for speeches and encomiums by each of the ministers.

    After the official cabinet dissolution, the ministers are expected to hand over to the permanent secretaries in their respective ministries.

  • Osinbajo Presides Over FEC Meeting

    Osinbajo Presides Over FEC Meeting

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.

    He is standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in Dakar, Senegal, to attend the second edition of the International Conference on Agriculture.

    This is the second time in two weeks that Osinbajo will be presiding over the FEC meeting, as he also stood in for President Buhari during last week’s cabinet meeting.

    The meeting, holding at the Council Chambers, has in attendance the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr (Mrs) Folashade Yemi-Esan; and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.

    Ministers in attendance include that of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Health, Osagie Ehanire; Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Agriculture, Mohammad Abubakar; Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Niger Delta, Umana Umana; Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo and Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi.

    Others are Finance, Zainab Ahmed; FCT, Mohammed Bello; and Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen.

  • Buhari Presides Over FEC Meeting, Swears In Four Permanent Secretaries

    Buhari Presides Over FEC Meeting, Swears In Four Permanent Secretaries

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State House where he also swore in four permanent secretaries.

    The new permanent secretaries include Mrs Beatrice Jeddy-Agba, Kachollom Daju, Malla Shehu Ibrahim, Dr Mary Ogbe.`

    Those physically present at the oath-taking were the President Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Doctor Folashade Yemi-Esan.

    Also in attendance were the ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Agriculture, Mohammed Mahmood; Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite; Labor and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige; Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu and that of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, among others.

    Other ministers attended virtually from their various offices in Abuja.

    Shortly after the meeting commenced, the cabinet observed a minute silence for a former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture; Aviation, Tonye Graham-Douglas, who died recently at the age of 82.

  • Kidnapping: DHQ assures on Buhari’s safety as he attends FEC meeting in Daura

    Kidnapping: DHQ assures on Buhari’s safety as he attends FEC meeting in Daura

    The Defence Headquarters has assured on the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari as he attends the Federal Executive (FEC) meeting in Daura, Katsina State.

    The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, who made this known on Wednesday, December 16 noted that the security of the President is not threatened by the activities of bandits in his home state.

    Recall that bandits had kidnapped students of the the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, on Friday night and abducted over 300 schoolboys after a gun duel with the police.

    Buhari had arrived in the state the same day for a week-long private visit –hours before the abduction took place.

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    Speaking on Wednesday while featuring on Arise TV’s The Morning Show, Enenche said, “One of the major tasks of the Armed Force of Nigeria is to ensure the protection of government and state actors and in that regard, the Commander-In-Chief is very safe in Katsina and anywhere that he is or will be at all times.”

    Enenche, while dismissing reports that terrorist group, Boko Haram, was responsible for the Kankara abduction, said military operations are ongoing to secure the release of the abducted schoolboys.

    Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a recording on Tuesday, had said the abduction of the schoolboys was done in order to discourage people from obtaining western education.

    But reacting to the claim by the terror group, Enenche said, “On the basis of the characteristics of terrorists all over the world from the time of Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Al-Shabaab, all of them, wherever they will boost their ego or show relevance, that is what they will do.

    “What did they even do? Somebody spoke on audio and said, ‘I am Shekau.’ Shekau on a secondary note is a brand. All that needs to be done is somebody using his voice. The total aim of terrorists is to instill fear into people even beyond their scope of influence.

    “So, it is easy for the layman to agree that it is them (Boko Haram) because even if it is kidnappers or armed robbers, their aim is to instill fear and kill.”

    Enenche, however, appealed to the parents of the abducted students to “have short patience” with the military forces. “With what the military is doing, by the grace of Almighty God, very soon, the children will be back,” he said.

    He also called for more cooperation by all stakeholders and the people of Katsina State to ensure the schoolboys are rescued without any record of casualty.

    Meanwhile, Buhari attended a virtual FEC meeting from his home town in Daura, Katsina State.

    Buhari relocated to the town last Friday on what the Presidency described as a private visit.

    The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who is currently on isolation because some members of his family tested positive for COVID-19 is also absent at the meeting.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ecological Funds Office, Mrs Habiba Lawal, is standing in for him.

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

  • Buhari joins 28th virtual FEC meeting from home town

    Buhari joins 28th virtual FEC meeting from home town

    President Muhammadu Buhari is participating online in the 28th  meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) from his country home in Daura, Katsina State.

    Daybreak reports that the meeting which commenced at about 10 a.m., is presided over by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

    The virtual meeting is taking place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

    The meeting is the first time the president would be participating virtually from his Daura country home since he assumed office in May, 2015.

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    Other participants in the meeting include the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, and the National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno.

    Other members of the cabinet physically attending the meeting are the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and his Works and Housing counterpart, Mr Babatunde Fashola.

    Daybreak reports that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, was represented at the meeting by Hajiya Habiba Lawal, Permanent Secretary of the Ecological Fund Office.

    The Ministers of Education, Adamu Adamu, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami and Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Defence are also attending the meeting.

    Others present at the chamber are retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and Minister of State for the Environment, Sharon Ikpeazu.

    The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other ministers are also participating in the meeting from their various offices in Abuja online.

    Our correspondents learnt that about 33 items are on the agenda of the meeting.

    Buhari is expected back in Abuja on Dec. 18.