President Buhari presides over the first virtual Federal Executive Council meeting

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President Buhari presides over the first virtual Federal Executive Council meeting where a minute of silence was held in honor of the late COS, Mallam Abba Kyari. He also confirmed the appointment of the new Chief of Staff, Prof. Agboola Ibrahim Gambari.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday chaired the maiden virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he ‘unveiled’ Ibrahim Gambari as his new Chief of Staff.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the virtual meeting, first of its kind in the history of the Federal Executive Council, involved the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and some of the cabinet ministers participating in the virtual meeting.

NAN reports that some of the cabinet members including the Head of Service, Folashade Yemi-Esan, participated in the meeting directly from their respective offices

NAN observed that the meeting which started at 11.22 am, occasioned by the prevailing coronavirus pandemic in the country, was conducted in line with the basic COVID-19 protocol of social distancing.

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, attended the meeting where his appointment as Buhari’s Chief of Staff was announced by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.

(NAN)