President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend Wednesday’s federal
executive council meeting because the agenda was light, Lai Mohammed,
information minister, has said.
He denied rumours that the
president had fallen ill.
Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo presided over the cabinet meeting — the first time he would
chair FEC when the president is in town.
Mohammed
told the media that “clearly when we came in this morning, Mr President was not
in the chambers but the vice-president did preside over the council meeting.
Understandably, that has sparked a lot of controversies and imputations in the
mind of people.
“I
just want to make this clear, Mr President is in town. Mr President is
attending to other issues. Mr President looked at the agenda, it was a very
light agenda and decided that the vice-president should preside. ”
It’s
not unusual for the kind of interest that is shown especially given the fact
that Mr. President was away for a while on medical treatment and is not. We are
not surprised that people will be wondering is he ill again?
“He is not ill, he is not sick.
Am sure that later in the day or tomorrow morning he will be back in the office.
I just want to clear that misconception.
“Is
not unusual even if Mr. President is hail and hearty and everything is going on
well, for the VP to come and preside over meetings of the federal executive
council.
“The
fact that Mr. President is not in the office does not mean that he is not
working. I have just been told now that the secretary to the government of the
federation is already with with him in the residence working. So, the fact that
you did not see him in the office does not mean that he is not working at all.”
Buhari
attended last week’s FEC where he launched the economic and recovery growth
plan
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