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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, has explained that President Muhammadu Buhari did not convene Wednesday’s (today) Federal Executive Cabinet, FEC due to the just concluded Easter break which ran over into the new week.
Shehu stated that the council secretariat had no time to prepare and circulate memos to Ministers.
“The staff on the Council secretariat resumed on Tuesday after the Easter. There was no time to prepare and circulate memos to ministers.
“By practice, the ministers receive council memos two or three days ahead of meetings because they must read them and sometimes undertake research.
“It is not a rubber stamp council so everyone must prepare themselves well for debates,” Shehu said in a statement.
TheNewsguru.com recalls that last week, President Muhammadu Buhari was also absent at the FEC meeting, which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
TheNewsguru.com reports that it was the first time Osinbajo presided over the meeting, after the President returned from his 50-day medical vacation in London, UK on March 10.