Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which began at 10.00am Nigerian time on Wednesday in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Prof. Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari who is in the United Kingdom for routine medical check-up.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari are attending the meeting.
Ministers who are physically present at the meeting are those of Industry, Trade and Investments, Niyi Adebayo; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare; Science and Technology, Adeleke Mamora; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; and Agriculture and Rural Development, Mahmood Abubakar.
Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investments, Mariam Katagum; and Minister of State for Health, Ekumankama Joseph Nkama are also at the meeting.
Minute silence for Amaechi
Before the commencement of the meeting, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mustapha, informed the Cabinet about the death of Nigeria’s first Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi.
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He also called on the Council to observe a minute silence in honour of the late Amaechi, who died on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at the age of 92.
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