Tinubu Presides Over FEC Meeting

* Swears in NPC Commissioner

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 

President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.

The meeting, holding at the Council Chambers, is being attended by the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.

The meeting is also being attended by  the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan.

The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, whose house was gutted by fire weekend was absent at the cabinet meeting. 

Other vacant seats were those of the Minister of Labour, Hon. Simon Lalong and the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr (Mrs) Betta Edu.

President Tinubu had earlier sworn in Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye as a Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC).

Mrs Oladunjoye had before now served as Commissioner of Education and of Commerce and Cooperatives in Lagos State.

She replaced Mrs Bimbo Salu-Hudeyin, who was recently appointed by the Lagos State Government.

Details later…