Senior Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina, had an interview with Channels TV yesteray evening where he
was asked why the Federal Executive Council meeting did not hold.
Recall
that Adesina had earlier in the day released a statement announcing
that the FEC meeting had been put off and that instead of the meeting
which usually took place every Wednesday, President Buhari would receive
the report of the investigation committee on suspended SGF Babachir
Lawal and NIA boss, Ayo Oke.
During the interview, Adesina refuted claims that President Buhari's
health challenge might have been the reason for the cancellation of
today's FEC meeting. He went on to say that there is no law in the
constitution that mandates the Federal government to have FEC meeting
weekly. According to Adesina, during a past administration, FEC meetings
held once in two weeks.
“There is no law that says the Federal Executive Council meeting
should hold every week. There is no law that says it must be weekly.
Under a past administration, it used to hold once every two weeks. So,
there is no law that says it should hold every Wednesday. It depends on
what you have on the agenda to discuss. The President is the Chairman of
that meeting. So, he has the discretion to hold or not to hold the
meeting. The fact that FEC does not hold in one week does not mean
anything significant because the President has the discretion to hold or
not to hold FEC meetings" he said
1 comment:
Absolutely no law makes FEC meeting mandatory every week.
Thus, the President is not under compulsion to convene FEC meeting every week.
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