Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
Vice President Osinbajo is standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in Senegal for the African Development Bank (AFDB) sponsored meeting on food security for Africa.
The Federal Executive Council meeting is Nigeria’s highest policy-formulating organ of the Executive body of the Federal government.
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Aside from taking critical decisions on the implementation of the federal government budget, the body also ratifies federal government-sponsored legislations before they are taken to the National Assembly for passage.
The Council’s decisions form the basis for policy implementations at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) of the federal government.
