President
Muhammadu Buhari for the fourth time in a row failed to show up at the weekly
Federal Executive Council meeting.
The Sun news reported that Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo presided over the meeting at the State House, Abuja, which started around 11:00.a.m. few
minutes after he arrived the Council Chamber.
It was the
third time Osinbajo would be presiding over the meeting since President Buhari
returned from medical vacation in the United Kingdom on March 10.
Wife of the
President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, had in a series of tweets, on Tuesday, said
contrary to claims, her husband’s health was not as bad as being perceived.
Through her
tweets on her twitter handle @aishambuhari, she insisted that he has continued
to carry out his responsibilities as the President of Nigeria.
She had
thanked Nigerians for their continued support and prayers.
The Minister
of Information, Lai Mohammed had, last Wednesday, told reporters that
President Buhari was resting and working at home.
President
Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said the
President was only obeying doctors orders, hinting he was working from his
private residence outside the Presidential Villa.
Compared to
last week where the venue of the meeting was scanty with only 15 ministers in
attendance, Wednesday meeting had many ministers in attendance during opening
session.
The Chief of
Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, was also in attendance.
The minister
of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello and the Minister of Budget and
National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, offered the Muslim and Christian prayers,
respectively.
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