Today was Goodluck Jonathan's final council of state meeting and the turn out was quite impressive. Both Olusegun Obasanjo and Abdulsalami Abubakar were in attendance, with a host of others.
Those in attendance at today's council of state meeting included ;
Former Nigeria leaders that attended the meeting are :
President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
- Gen. Yakubu Gowon
- Alhaji Shehu Shagari
- Ibrahim Babangida
- Abdulsalami Abubakar
- Chief Ernest Shonekan
- Olusegun Obasanjo
State governors :
- Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun)
- Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo)
- Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto)
- Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)
- Ramalan Yero (Kanuda)
- Sariake Dickson (Bayelsa)
- James Ngilari (Adamawa)
- Tanko Almakura (Nasarawa)
- Gabriel Suswam (Benue).
- Martin Elechi (Ebonyi)
- Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom)
- Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara)
- Babangida Aliyu (Niger)
- Jonah Jang (Plateau)
- Liyel Imoke(Cross River)
- Acting governor of Taraba State.
Kano, Kogi, Oyo and Yobe States were represented by their deputy governors.
Others included
- The Senate President, David Mark
- Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal
- Former Chief Justices of Nigeria including Muhammadu Uwais, Alfa Belgore and Idris Kutigi
- Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim
- National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki
- Chief of Staff to the President, Jones Arogbofa