Activities in the Presidential Villa have assumed an upward swing even as President Muhammadu Buhari winds down his first term in office. In a few days’ time, precisely on May 29th, the President will be sworn in for his second term but government activities have taken a frenetic turn.
The last two Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings presided apiece by the President and his vice are indicated that Buhari’s administration is not slowing down on its activities and should this be maintained, Nigeria will witness extraordinary development in the Next Lavel.
Last week’s FEC chaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, lasted till 10:30 pm with ministers in attendance. There was a break between 7:30 and 8pm for the ministers to refresh just as the Vice President used the period to attend to other state matters in his office.
At this prolonged FEC meeting, over 30 memos were presented by the ministers with several officials from the ministries, departments and agencies thronging the Villa to provide insights and information before the Council.
The Briefing Room was filled to the brim with bureaucrats waiting into the night to defend their proposals at the FEC.
The FEC meeting which held last week Thursday ordinarily ought to have been postponed because Osinbajo was in Lagos attending to state matters until 4 pm when the Council meeting commenced. Apart from this, Osinbajo has always been busy in his office mostly into the night attending to state matters so much so that most of his aides and civil servants in his office keep murmuring for being overworked.
Since the President returned from his private visit to London, there have been flurry of activities and long meetings with strategic stakeholders in the Villa. The FEC he chaired on Wednesday was unusually long as the Council equally attended to over twenty-five memos presented by the ministers.
The FEC, which normally starts by 11am and ends by 3 pm on a normal day, did not end until 10:30 pm on Wednesday with two intermittent recesses within.
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