President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced that he plans to expand the Federal Executive Council, an indication more ministers are to be appointed into the cabinet. Mr. Buhari stated this in his address to the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday. “The compressed Federal Executive Council will be expanded to bring […]
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The federal executive council (FEC) on Thursday approved the draft for the 2018 budget proposal. The minister of budget and national planning, Udo Udoma, made the disclosure on Thursday while addressing state house correspondents after the FEC meeting in Abuja. He said FEC will liaise with the national assembly on when President Muhammadu Buhari will […]
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The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), was conspicuously absent as of the time a meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari started at 11am at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. Dambazzau is one of the government officials who have been in the eye of the storm over […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the meeting of federal executive council (FEC) in the presidential villa, Abuja, and was scheduled to leave for Turkey immediately after the meeting. The FEC meeting which started at about 10am, was attended by the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Habiba Lawal, acting secretary to the government of the federation […]
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The federal government of Nigeria (FG) has announced that the weekly federal executive council (FEC) meeting will not hold on Wednesday. Lai Mohammed, minister of Information said the cancellation is due to the lack of adequate time for ministers to prepare documents for the meeting. He said this is as a result of the Eid-el-Kabir […]
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After his long absence, and the subsequent cancellation of the Federal Executive Council Meeting (FEC) last week, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the council in Abuja. Among other matters, the council is expected to discuss the issue of the on-going strike embarked on over two weeks ago by lecturers in government-owned universities across […]
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Spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has come to the defence of his boss, saying there is no Nigerian law that requires the federal executive council (FEC) meeting to hold every week. President Buhari had cancelled the meeting and opted to receive the reports on the probe of the director-general of National Intelligence Agency […]
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The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved the refinancing of the country’s domestic debts into treasury bills worth $3 billion as part of the overall strategy of government to reduce the cost of borrowing. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, gave the indication while addressing State House Correspondents on the FEC meeting presided by […]
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The Acting President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday morning swore two new ministers into the Federal Executive Council. Stephen Ocheni from Kogi State and Suleiman Hassan from Gombe State were screened and confirmed by the Senate in May and have been waiting to be brought into the federal cabinet. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo administered […]
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NIGERIA – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Wednesday swear in the two ministers-designate who were screened and confirmed by the senate in April. Spokesman of the acting president, Laolu Akande, made this known in a tweet on Tuesday evening. AgP Osinbajo would be swearing in the two new ministers already confirmed by the Senate […]
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