By Dipo Olowookere
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for this week scheduled for today.
The shifting of the meeting comprising ministers and some key officials of government was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday night in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu.
According to Mr Shehu, the FEC meeting, which was supposed to take place on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at the State House, would no longer hold because the new Ministers, who were sworn-in last Wednesday, are still familiarizing themselves with their work space.
He specifically said the meeting was shifted “due to the fact that all the memos earlier submitted to the council for consideration have been returned to the various Ministries.
“This action will allow Ministers who were recently sworn in have their inputs in the memos sent by their predecessors in office.”
“Similarly, the period is to enable the Ministers, who are still taking briefs from bureaucrats in the Ministries and familiarizing themselves with their work space, have more time to contribute to discussions at the meeting.
“They will also utilize the period of the break to work towards the early preparation and submission of the 2020 budget estimates,” he added.
