- The extraordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council will continue tomorrow, Thursday, December 21
- Before today’s meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari swore-in the remaining seven permanent secretaries out of the 22 appointed earlier this year
- The Council is expected to deliberate and take decisions on pending issues, at its continuation on Thursday
The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, says the extraordinary meeting of the Federal Executive Council, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, will continue on Thursday, December 21, NAN reports.
Shehu, who made this known in Abuja on Wednesday, December 20, said the meeting was extended to Thursday to enable the Council deliberate and take decisions on pending issues.
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NAIJ.com gathers that Shehu disclosed that the federal government plans to make Nigerians happy by providing tangible and meaningful projects to uplift their quality of life.
President Buhari had sworn-in the remaining seven permanent secretaries out of the 22 appointed earlier in the year.
The inauguration preceded the Council’s meeting and had the cabinet members and serving permanent secretaries as well as some guests of the new officials in attendance.
The president did not deliver any inauguration address after the signing of the inauguration register, as the FEC meeting progressed afterwards.
Those sworn in are: Mr Mustapha Suleiman (Kano); Mr Adekunle Adeyemi (Oyo); Mrs Comfort Ekaro (Rivers); Mr Adebayo Akpata (Ekiti).
Others are Dr Abdulkadir Muazu (Kaduna); Mr Marcelinus Osuji (Imo) and Mr Bitrus Nabasu (Plateau).
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Recall that NAIJ.com previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, December 20, presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting in the State House, Abuja.
Present at the meeting were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SGF Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff Abba Kyari and Head of Civil Service of the Federation Winifred Oyo-Ita.
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Source: Naija.ng
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Thursday, 21 December 2017