Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa just as President Muhammadu Buhari jets out of the country to the United Kingdom for “a private visit”.
A statement by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina on Thursday, said the President is going to the UK on a private visit and expected back to the country on May 5 2019.
“President Buhari will be proceeding to the United Kingdom on a private visit. He is expected to return to Nigeria on May 5, 2019,” the statement said without giving any further details.
Meanwhile Thursday’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the VP was also the deadline given to cabinet members for submission of handover notes.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on April 17 asked for a comprehensive “status reports on policies, programmes and projects” from cabinet members on their respective ministries, departments and agencies.
The deadline for submission of the reports to the Presidential Audit Committee in the office of the Vice President was April 24.
The 9th and 10th FEC meetings were rescheduled for April 25 and May 2 respectively in view of the Easter break and May Day celebrations.
More so, ministers were directed to “ensure that all outstanding memoranda they intend to present to FEC are submitted to the Cabinet Affairs Office, in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, not later than April 30.”
No fewer than 21 ministers alongside the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, are in attendance.
