Inauguration of the Federal Executive Council has begun in Abuja with the swearing of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointed ministers.
Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, who anchored the programme, announced that the oath of office will be administered in nine batches.
The first set of ministers to take oath were Okechukwu Enelamah (Abia), Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa), Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom), and Chris Ngige (Anambra).
They were followed by Heineken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa); Adamu Adamu (Bauchi), Audu Ogbeh (Benue); and Mustapha Shehuri (Borno).
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President Bukola Saraki; Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, are among the guests at the occasion.
