Tinubu presides over FEC meeting — first in six weeks

President Bola Tinubu is currently presiding over the federal executive council (FEC) holding at the state house in Abuja.

Mohammed Idris, minister of information and culture, disclosed this to journalists during a press briefing on Tuesday.

This is the first time the meeting is holding in six weeks.

The last meeting was held on May 14, where the cabinet members, including other top presidential aides, took critical decisions on various economic issues.

Idris said the cabinet under President Tinubu may not hold weekly sessions as was the previous tradition, but would only meet when there are pressing issues to discuss.

At the resumed sitting currently underway, cabinet members were seen engaged in banters amongst themselves and other forms of networking before they went into a closed-door session for the commencement of deliberations.

During former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the FEC meeting was held on Wednesdays — weekly.

On October 23, 2023, Tinubu approved the conduct of the FEC meeting to be held every Monday.

The FEC meeting is usually meant for the discussion of major economic and social issues and approvals of infrastructural projects.