BUHARI ABSENT AT FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AS OSINBAJO PRESIDES
President Muhammadu Buhari is absent at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), currently holding at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
His vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is functioning in his place. The reason for the President's absence was not known as there was no official position on the development.
Apparently, Buhari's non appearance was a surprise to most of his Ministers who had expected him to preside the meeting.
Signs that he would have presided over the meeting became conspicuous when a security operative in plain clothes stood behind the President's seat to secure it. Such had been the culture at the meeting, and indeed any other function the President is billed to attend.
But by 11am when the FEC meeting was scheduled to commence, Osinbajo's voice resonated from the background as he called for the National Anthem.
The development abruptly alerted most of the Ministers who were hitherto exchanging pleasantries with each other to settle down for the day's business.
Journalists were later excused from the meeting.
Though, it is not known whether the President would later join the meeting. It would be recalled that the President, since his return from his medical trip on March 10, had been presiding over Federal Executive Council meetings.
His last FEC meeting however, was last Wednesday when he launched the Economic and Recovery Growth Plan.
His vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is functioning in his place. The reason for the President's absence was not known as there was no official position on the development.
Apparently, Buhari's non appearance was a surprise to most of his Ministers who had expected him to preside the meeting.
Signs that he would have presided over the meeting became conspicuous when a security operative in plain clothes stood behind the President's seat to secure it. Such had been the culture at the meeting, and indeed any other function the President is billed to attend.
But by 11am when the FEC meeting was scheduled to commence, Osinbajo's voice resonated from the background as he called for the National Anthem.
The development abruptly alerted most of the Ministers who were hitherto exchanging pleasantries with each other to settle down for the day's business.
Journalists were later excused from the meeting.
Though, it is not known whether the President would later join the meeting. It would be recalled that the President, since his return from his medical trip on March 10, had been presiding over Federal Executive Council meetings.
His last FEC meeting however, was last Wednesday when he launched the Economic and Recovery Growth Plan.
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