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President Muhammadu Buhari has canceled the weekly holding of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting.
The meeting which used to hold weekly since 1999, will now take place once in two weeks, TheCable reports.
According to a government official, President Muhammadu Buhari has decided that meeting every Wednesday is surplus to requirement.
“And FEC will no longer be all about awarding contracts but a serious discussion of policy issues and appraisal of ministerial performance,” the official said.
“FEC meetings will now be for brainstorming on policies and performance review, not just contracts.”
“The president believes once he had given you a job, you have to deliver. He was very painstaking in picking the ministers and he is convinced he has picked a very good team, so it is now left for them to deliver the goods with minimal supervision,” the official said.
The FEC has been held just once since the appointment of ministers, with the only meeting taking place on November 11 — the day they were inaugurated.
There was no meeting on November 18, and Buhari was in Ikenne, Ogun state, for the burial of HID Awolowo on November 25.
Buhari will not be in the country on December 2 because of his international commitments.
It is still not clear when the next meeting will hold.
The meeting which used to hold weekly since 1999, will now take place once in two weeks, TheCable reports.
According to a government official, President Muhammadu Buhari has decided that meeting every Wednesday is surplus to requirement.
“And FEC will no longer be all about awarding contracts but a serious discussion of policy issues and appraisal of ministerial performance,” the official said.
“FEC meetings will now be for brainstorming on policies and performance review, not just contracts.”
“The president believes once he had given you a job, you have to deliver. He was very painstaking in picking the ministers and he is convinced he has picked a very good team, so it is now left for them to deliver the goods with minimal supervision,” the official said.
The FEC has been held just once since the appointment of ministers, with the only meeting taking place on November 11 — the day they were inaugurated.
There was no meeting on November 18, and Buhari was in Ikenne, Ogun state, for the burial of HID Awolowo on November 25.
Buhari will not be in the country on December 2 because of his international commitments.
It is still not clear when the next meeting will hold.
