President Muhammadu Buhari has done the unusual at the Federal Executive Council meeting today leaving the members surprised.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday caught most members of the Federal Executive Council unaware as he arrived the Council Chambers for the council’s meeting at about 9.50am.
Only a handful of council members were already in the hall for the meeting slated for 10am at the time Buhari arrived.
Immediately he stepped into the hall, the President noted the absence of most of the council members.
“I came too early,” he said as he asked members in attendance to recite the National Anthem.
As of the time the meeting started, only about 19 out of the 36 ministers were in attendance.
Punch reports that the Head of Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita; and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, were also in attendance.
Shortly after, journalists were excused and the meeting went into closed session, some members including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno; Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; and Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba; arrived later.
They were however not late as they arrived at about 9.55am.
Many of them were seen checking their time and rushing into the chamber when they discovered that the meeting had started.
Some other ministers however arrived after the 10am scheduled take off time.