The Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has defended the
President’s decision to cancel the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting on
Wednesday.
According to him, no law
stipulated that FEC must meet every week.
He stated this when he featured
on Channels Television’s Politics Today hosted by Seun Okinbaolye on Wednesday
night.
The presidential spokesman said
concerns about its implications were uncalled for.
He said: “There is no law that
says the Federal Executive Council meeting should hold every week. There is no
law that says it must be weekly. Under a past administration, it used to hold
once every two weeks.
“So, there is no law that says it
should hold every Wednesday. It depends on what you have on the agenda to
discuss. The President is the Chairman of that meeting. So, he has the
discretion to hold or not to hold (the meeting).”
President Buhari’s decision to
cancel the meeting had led to more questions about his fitness to resume work
and carry out his duties effectively.
But Adesina dismissed the
concerns, saying that the President was strong enough to perform his duties and
that the office in his home and the one in his office complex were only a short
distance apart.
“The fact that FEC does not hold
in one week does not mean anything significant because the President has the
discretion to hold or not to hold FEC (meetings),” he said.
Asked if the cancellation of
Wednesday’s meeting meant that FEC would no longer be meeting weekly, he said
it wasn’t the case, before going on to say that the meeting had not held every
week over time in the first case.
“That is not correct. It did not
hold every week; when this administration began, it did not hold every week.
And right from then, it had been understood that the FEC would hold as often as
there are things to discuss,” Adesina said.
Had yesterday’s FEC meeting held and
the President attended, it would have been the first he would be presiding over
in more than three months.
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Femi Adesina, I hope you aren't being infected by Buhari's ailment
ReplyDeleteHonestly Bro Femi is seriously infected too,same he said wen baba canceled same meetings 3 times before he left for medical vacation that lasted 104 days ,now same has started,well dey have said he can go back anytime soon
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