The weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council began on Wednesday in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presiding.
The meeting, which commenced at 10.00 am Nigerian time, is the third to the last meeting of the Council in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, which ends on May 29.
Prof. Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting in the absence of President Buhari who is in the United Kingdom.
The president had gone to the United Kingdom to join other world leaders to attend the coronation of King Charles lll on May 6, 2023.
Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said in a release on Tuesday that President Buhari would be in London “for an additional week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him.”
Adesina said that “the Specialist requires to see the President in another five days for a procedure already commenced.”
Among federal government officials who joined ministers at the meeting are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha; and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
Details later.
