Anxiety as Buhari again fails to show up at FEC meeting

There is anxiety at the Aso Rock as President Muhammadu Buhari again failed to show up for the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo showed up at the council chambers at about a few minutes to 11 am. At 11 am while council members waited for the arrival of the President, his Chief Protocol Officer showed up and briefed the Vice President, obviously explaining that the President may not be able to make it.

The Council Chambers venue of the weekly council meeting was scanty with 15 ministers in attendance.

Since returning from a medical vacation in the United Kingdom, where he spent almost 50 days, Buhari has attended and presided over three FEC meetings. At the last FEC meeting he attended, the President launched the country’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. He has hardly been seen at public functions even as concerns mount in the
polity over his health condition.

Penultimate Wednesday, the President also failed to show up raising concerns about his health status. No reason was given for his absence but the minister of information and culture later told journalists that the President was attending to other matters.

Last week, the FEC shelved its meeting on grounds that the secretariat had not resumed. Presidential Media Aide, Garba Shehu told journalists that the President was not sick.

As at the time of filling this report no official reason was given for the President’s absence at the meeting.