The 35th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council was held on Wednesday and was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Before the meeting commenced, a minute silence was observed in honour of former Minister of Communications, Brig General Ahmed Aboki Abdallah, who passed on recently.
Abdallah served as the nation’s Minister of Information when President Buhari was Head of State, and later as Minister of Social Development, Youth and Sports.
The FEC meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari and was physically attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono and Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, and other cabinet members participated in the weekly cabinet meeting from their various offices in Abuja.
