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FG cancels FEC meeting, says no time to prepare
The weekly Federal Executive Council meeting which holds every Wednesday will not hold this week, the Federal Government has announced.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. He said that the meeting will not hold due to inadequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting.
In a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday and made available to newsmen by the Special Assistant to the minister, Segun Adeyemi, Mohammed explained that the two-day public holidays declared for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations left little or no time to prepare for the weekly meeting.
The development is coming on the heels of the alleged report at the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria on Monday for the United States of America.
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The report was however refuted by the Federal Government, which insisted that the President is very much around.
Meanwhile, last week FEC meeting was presided over by Buhari after that of the preceding week was cancelled.
Speculations continue to be rife that the President is still not fit enough to face the rigours of the office.
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JOHNSON PETER
September 6, 2017 at 8:08 am
I just hope Mr President is sound because cancellation of fec meeting twice is fishy
Balarabe musa
September 6, 2017 at 8:56 am
He is fine, baba buhari is alright, I see him in Daura during sallah ,
yanju omotodun
September 6, 2017 at 8:28 am
Well, fec meeting is an avenue to discuss and take decisions affecting Nigerians , so I think cancelling fec meeting is repugnant
Balarabe musa
September 6, 2017 at 8:57 am
Fec meeting doesn’t stop taking decision, so calm down
Anita Kingsley
September 6, 2017 at 10:11 am
They had long holiday and still couldn’t find time to prepare for the meeting? This shows the federal government don’t have the interest of the masses at heart, they prefer to feed their stomach first before deliberating on issues affecting the masses.
Abeni Adebisi
September 6, 2017 at 10:19 am
Nigerian leaders are selfish, I expected this. If Friday and Monday was full of merriment for them, what happened to Tuesday? Why can’t they work all night on Monday to show their commitments to serving Nigerians?
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 6, 2017 at 10:27 am
What An excuse! A good leader will not give his followers excuse for not performing when he’s supposed to perform. Not all matters need special preparation, it would have been better if they spent less hours having the meeting than cancelling it. Nigerians don’t matter to them at all.