May 05, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting, which had ministers and other cabinet members in attendance, commenced shortly after the President swore in newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and members of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC).
The two new Permanent Secretaries sworn in were Rafiu Olarinre Adeladan from Oyo State and Muktar Mohammed from Jigawa State.
Also sworn in were the Chairman of the NASC, Saviour Enyiekere, and 12 commissioners drawn from the six geopolitical zones of the country. Enyiekere, an environmental specialist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President, is to serve a five-year renewable term.
The newly inaugurated NASC commissioners are Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi and Hon. Yusuf A. Yusuf Tabuka from the North-West; Aminu Ibrahim Malle and Alhaji Lawan Maina Mahmud from the North-East; Mark Hanmation Tersoo and Salihu Umar Agboola Balogun from the North-Central; Taiwo Olukemi Oluga and Afeez Ipeza-Balogun from the South-West; Nnanna Uzor Kalu and Festus Ifesinachi Odii from the South-East; and Patrick A. Giwa and Mrs. Mary Ekpenyong from the South-South.
Each commissioner will serve a renewable five-year term.
The FEC also observed a minute’s silence in honour of former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dubem Onyia, who passed away on March 10, 2025.
Dignitaries present at the brief swearing-in ceremony included Vice President Kashim Shettima; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; and Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, among others.
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