President Muhammadu Buhari has caught most members of the Federal Executive Council which is made up of his Ministers unaware this morning as he arrived the Council Chambers.
It has been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari this morning caught most members of the Federal Executive Council unaware as he arrived the chambers for the council’s meeting at about 9.50am.
It was learnt that only a handful council members were already in the hall for the meeting slated for 10:00am at the time the president arrived, and immediately he stepped into the hall, he 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. 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.
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.