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VP Osinbajo presides over scanty FEC meeting

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

President Muhammadu Buhari is in London, attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Only a handful of ministers were present at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.
At 11.02 a.m when the meeting  commenced only 18 ministers were present at the Council Chamber
The Ministers present are Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Danbazzau.
Others are Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, Minister of State for Labour, Steven Ocheni, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Minister of State for Education, Anthony Onwuka, Minister of State for Agriculture, Heneiken Lokpobiri.
Also in attendance when the meeting started were Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Omole Daramola,  Minister of State Health, Osagie Ehinare, Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of State Mines and Steel, Bawa Bwari, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and Minister of State for Power, Mustapha Baba Shauri.

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