Federal Executive Council approves revised 2020 budget

Nigeria - The revised Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2020 budget has been approved by the Federal Executive Council. 

See PHOTOS as President Buhari Presides over virtual FEC meeting with new Chief Of Staff Prof Gambari

New Chief of Staff Prof Agboola Ibrahim Gambari 

SGF Mustapha stops distribution of fez caps displaying Buhari's campaign in FEC meeting

Nigeria - The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has halted the distribution of fez caps and branded materials promoting the candidacy of President Muhammadu Buhari for the 2019 election.

He gave the notice, yesterday, during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Revealed!!! Why Dambazau was absent at Thursday’s FEC meeting‎

Nigeria - The presidency has explained why the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, was absent at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Thursday. It said the minister was in Saudi Arabia.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this to journalists.

See PHOTOS as President Buhari presides over FEC meeting today in Abuja, Nigeria

See more PHOTOS after the cut>>>

Weekly Federal Executive Council meeting cancelled tomorrow for this reason>

Nigeria - Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC) will not hold Wednesday.

According to him, the meeting was canceled by President Muhammadu Buhari, because the Eid-el-KABIR holiday deprived the ministers adequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting.

Acting President Osinbajo finally assigns portfolios to new Ministers

Nigeria - Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the two Ministers he swore in few weeks ago at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Daily Post reports that following their confirmation by the Senate, Osinbajo had three weeks ago swore-in Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan into office.

Nigeria's electricity problem set to drop as power supply gets N701b boost approved by FEC

Power supply, which stands at 4,000 megawatts, is set for a major boost following the outcome of yesterday's FEC meeting.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N701 billion Power Assurance Guarantee for the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET)—to ensure a better supply of gas to the power plants. This will in turn improve power supply.

One of the major problems of the sector has been the lack of gas for power plants and the

FEC approves $40m for Nigeria-Cameroon Link Bridge

The Federal Government has approved $3.9 billion (N12. 280 billion), sourced from the African Development Bank (ADB) for the construction of the Nigeria/Cameroon border link bridge at Ikot-Efiom in Cross River State.

The project is being funded under the bank’s support for improving relations between Cameroon and Nigeria following the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judgment, which ceded Bakassi to Cameroon.

And the FEC approves panel’s measures to reduce food prices

Nigeria - The Federal Executive Council  has approved some measures to reduce food prices.

The Council took the decision based on the interim report submitted by the food task force it set up last week on how best to address the rising cost of food items across the country.

Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

First FEC meeting sees #4.6bn approval for upgrade of fire fighting facilities in Nigeria

The first FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N4.6 billion for the purchase of fire fighting equipment as well as the upgrading of fire stations.