April 19, (THEWILL) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; and Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, are among those attending the meeting.
Others are Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen; Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Science and Technology, Olorunimbe Mamora; Agriculture, Mohammed Abubakar; Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire; and Sports, Sunday Dare, among others.
The Vice President is presiding over the weekly cabinet meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Buhari left Nigeria for Saudi on April 10, on an eight-day official visit, where he performed lesser Hajj, also known as Umrah.
He also visited the Prophet’s Holy Mosque and toured the International Fair and Museum of the Prophet’s Biography in Madinah, where he sued for a balanced understanding of Islam in a way that corrects misperceptions of the millennia-old religion.
President Buhari is expected back in Abuja, later today.
