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Tony Ailemen, Abuja.
The Presidency has again canceled this week’s Federal Executive Council ( FEC) meeting which is supposed to hold every Wednesday.
As at the time of filing in this report, no official reason(s) had been advanced for the cancellation of the meeting.
The meeting which is usually presided over by the President or his vice, in the absence of the President, is crucial for reviewing critical national issues, approval of contracts and general policy direction of the Federal Government.
Recall that government had canceled a similar meeting on February 28, this year.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, had in a statement, announcing the cancellation, attributed it to the participation of President Muhammadu Buhari and a significant number of ministers at the “High-Level Meeting of the International Conference on Lake Chad Basin, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, for the better part of that day”
On August 23rd, 2017, the first FEC meeting after the President’s return from his 103 days medical trip was also canceled.
Government said then, that it was to allow the Investigative Committee headed by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, to present its report to President Buhari.
The FEC meeting of September 6, 2017, was also cancelled due to what the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said was inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting, after the long public holidays, declared for Eid-el-Kabir.
BusinessDay however gathered that the cancellation may be connected with the rescheduling of the National Security meeting which usually holds on Mondays for today, ( Wednesday), following last Monday’s public holiday.
The Security meeting is scheduled for 12 noon, with all the service Chiefs scheduled to attend the crucial weekly meeting used to reflect on national security issues.
