Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, January 13, surprised most members of the Federal Executive Council as he arrived the Council Chambers for today’s meeting at about 9.50 am.

According to The Punch, only a handful of
council members were already in the hall for
the meeting slated for 10.00 am at the time
when the president arrived.
President Buhari noted the absence of most
of the council members immediately he
stepped into the hall. 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.
Those in attendance include Winifred Oyo-Ita,
the Head of Service (HOS) of the Federation
and Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation.
Immediately after journalists were excused,
the meeting went into closed session. Some
members of the council 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 at about 9.55 am.
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.
However, contrary to the culture of a weekly
FEC meeting, President Buhari has decided to
meet with members of his cabinet when
necessary.
The meeting which is supposed to be presided
over by the president and the vice president
would also include ministers, chief of staff to
the president, secretary to the government of
the federation, national security adviser and
the head of service of the federation.