A meeting of the Council of State presided over by President
Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding inside the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
Although, all living past Presidents and Heads of Government are
members of the Council, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former
President Shehu Shagari and former military dictator, Ibrahim
Babangida are absent.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.)
and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), are however attending the
meeting which is the third of such under Buhari.
The meeting, which began at 11:05am, is also being attended by
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Bukola
Saraki.
Gowon and a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed
Uwais, said the opening prayer.
Before the meeting started, President Buhari had gone round the
Council Chambers to shake hands with his visitors.
The governors in attendance are those of Sokoto, Delta, Adamawa,
Imo, Benue, Lagos, Nasarawa, Abia, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi, Plateau,
Kano, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ekiti, Zamfara, Ogun, Niger and
Ebonyi States.
Former Chief Justices of Nigeria, Idris Kutigi and Aloma Muktar
are also in attendance.
A one-minute silence was observed in honour of the late former
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Mustapha
Details later…
A meeting of the Council of State presided over by President
Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding inside the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
Although, all living past Presidents and Heads of Government are
members of the Council, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former
President Shehu Shagari and former military dictator, Ibrahim
Babangida are absent.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.)
and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), are however attending the
meeting which is the third of such under Buhari.
The meeting, which began at 11:05am, is also being attended by
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President Bukola
Saraki.
Gowon and a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed
Uwais, said the opening prayer.
Before the meeting started, President Buhari had gone round the
Council Chambers to shake hands with his visitors.
The governors in attendance are those of Sokoto, Delta, Adamawa,
Imo, Benue, Lagos, Nasarawa, Abia, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi, Plateau,
Kano, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ekiti, Zamfara, Ogun, Niger and
Ebonyi States.
Former Chief Justices of Nigeria, Idris Kutigi and Aloma Muktar
are also in attendance.
A one-minute silence was observed in honour of the late former
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Dahiru Mustapha
Details later…
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