President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday presided over a meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the State House, Abuja, the first meeting of the council in over two months.
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Before the commencement of the meeting, the President swore in two new Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission and six Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission, following their confirmation by the National Assembly.
The newly inaugurated RMAFC commissioners are Amina Ibrahim Gamawa, representing Bauchi State, and Abdullahi Mukhtar, representing Kaduna State.
They took their oaths of office in a single batch at the Council Chamber, formally assuming their responsibilities as members of the constitutionally established fiscal commission.
President Tinubu also administered the oath of office to six newly appointed Federal Commissioners of the National Population Commission.
They are Kolawole Oladipupo Alabi, representing Ekiti State; Nasiru Mu’azu, representing Zamfara State; Dr. Isaka Alada Yahaya, representing Kwara State; Prof. Sadiq Isah Radda, representing Katsina State; Suleiman Umar, representing Jigawa State; and Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo, representing Sokoto State.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, had earlier indicated that the agenda of the meeting included the swearing-in of the newly appointed federal commissioners.
After the ceremony, the Federal Executive Council proceeded to consider memoranda on key government policies and programmes.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, cabinet ministers and other senior government officials attended the meeting.
The meeting marked the formal resumption of FEC deliberations after more than two months, with the inauguration of the new commissioners forming part of the day’s proceedings at the Presidential Villa.
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