President Bola Tinubu is presiding over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House in Abuja.
This will be first FEC meeting to hold since June 2026.
The meeting started with the national anthem after the President arrived at the Council Chamber at about 2:30pm on Wednesday to chair the session.
The council also observed a minute’s silence in honour of two former ministers who recently died.
They were Abubakar Alhaji, who served as Minister of Finance under the Ibrahim Babangida administration and died on July 30, 2026, and Prof. Turner Isoun, former Minister of Science and Technology under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, who died on July 15, 2026.
Recall that at the last FEC meeting on June 29, which was held after a break of more than two months, Mr Tinubu swore in two new Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
They were Amina Gamawa, representing Bauchi State, and Abdullahi Mukhtar, representing Kaduna State.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, had also disclosed at the time that the council’s agenda included the swearing-in of newly appointed Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission.
Wednesday’s meeting is being attended by Mr Akume; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; members of the Federal Executive Council; presidential aides and heads of government agencies.
The council is expected to consider several memoranda and take decisions on matters relating to the administration.