May 10, (THEWILL) – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, presided over a weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting, which commenced at 10.00 am, is the third to the last meeting of the Council in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, which ends on May 29.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Head of Civil Service, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, and the President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, physically attended the meeting.
Others are the Ministers of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Science and Technology, Olorunimbe Mamora; Finance, Zainab Ahmed; Justice, Abubakar Malami, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq; Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo; Agriculture, Mohammed Abubakar; Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire; Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Sports, Sunday Dare, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi; Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige and FCT, Mohammed Bello; Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Mrs Gbemisola Saraki; Ministers of Special Duties, George Akume, and Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
Prof. Osinbajo presided 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 Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Tuesday, said President Buhari would be in London “for an additional week, at the behest of his Dentist, who has started attending to him.”
