Why Presidency postponed Wednesday’s FEC meeting —Shehu Garba

President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was scheduled to hold on Wednesday.

A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said that the postponement was because all memos earlier submitted to the Council for consideration had been returned to the various Ministries.

“This action will allow Ministers who were recently sworn-in have their inputs in the memos sent by their predecessors in office.”

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Shehu explained that the period was also to enable the Ministers, who were still taking briefs from bureaucrats in the Ministries and familiarizing themselves with their work space, have more time to contribute to discussions at the meeting.

“They will also utilize the period of the break to work towards the early preparation and submission of the 2020 budget estimates,” he added.

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