Buhari Cancels Federal Executive Council Meeting

The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting did not hold today.

The Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, the venue of the meeting, is deserted as of the time of filing this report (11.35am)

The Presidency is yet to officially explain the reasons the meeting did not hold.

Buhari’s absence at last week’s meeting had sparked fresh speculations about his health status before the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, doused the tension, assuring that the “president is not ill again”.

The minister had also then stated that the fact that the president was not in the office did not mean he was not working.

he Presidency has explained why the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council did not hold today.
Meanwhile, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that due to the Easter break, the council secretariat had no time to prepare and circulate memos to ministers.

Shehu stated: “The staff on the Council secretariat resumed on Tuesday after the Easter. There was no time to prepare and circulate memos to ministers.

“By practice, the ministers receive council memos two or three days ahead of meetings because they must read them and sometimes undertake research.

“It is not a rubber stamp council so everyone must prepare themselves well for debates.”