President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assigned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to preside over the Federal Executive Council so as to attend to other official matters.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known after the weekly council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The minister’s clarification came on the heels of speculations that Buhari’s health prevented him from attending the meeting.
Mohammed announced that already the president was meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, on national issues.
On the forthcoming two-year anniversary of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, the minister disclosed that his ministry would soon roll out a comprehensive programme.
He said the programme would involve cabinet ministers to give stewardship of their respective ministries in the last two years.
BY TONY
