Federal Government cancels FEC meeting this week

Federal Government cancels FEC meeting this week

- The Federal Executive Council will not hold any meeting this week

- This was disclosed by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, via a press statement

- Mohammed said the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations left little or no time to prepare for the weekly meeting

The federal government has cancelled the Federal Executive Council meetings for this week.

This was announced by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, via a press statement sent to Legit.ng.

The statement which was signed by the minister's special assistant, Segun Adeyemi, stated that the FEC meetings will not hold due to inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting.

Federal Government cancels FEC meeting this week
The FEC meeting is usually a weekly ritual for the executive arm of government. Photo credit: Bayo Omoboriowo

The statement further said the two-day public holidays declared for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations left little or no time to prepare for the weekly meeting.

President Muhammadu Buhari had cancelled the FEC meeting which was scheduled to hold on Wednesday, August 23.

The president however made his first appearance at the meeting on Wednesday, August 30, since his return from medical vacation in London on Saturday, August 19.

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Watch Legit.ng TV video report of the president's supporters celebrating on the streets of Abuja the day he returned:

Source: Legit.ng

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