Tinubu swears in new ministers as FEC meets today

Tinubu swears in new ministers as FEC meets today

 President Bola Tinubu will today (Monday) reportedly swear
in three additional ministers into his 48-person cabinet.

 

A senior official in the Presidency, who did not want his
name mentioned because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, confirmed
to our correspondent that the three new ministers will be sworn into office at
the Council Chamber of the State House before the commencement of the Federal
Executive Council meeting.

 

Monday’s FEC meeting is the second since Tinubu’s
inauguration as President on May 29. It is coming after a 48-day hiatus.

 

The Council has not convened since its inaugural meeting on
August 28. A week earlier, on August 21, Tinubu swore in and inaugurated 45
ministers.

 

The three additional ministers to be sworn in are Jamila
Bio, Ayodele Olawande and  Balarabe Lawal
from Kaduna State.

 

Bio and Olawande are expected to be sworn in as the Minister
of Youth and the Minister of State for Youth, respectively.

 

Following a letter by Tinubu, the Senate had no October 4
screened and confirmed the three additional ministers.

 

Lawal from Kaduna State replaces a former Kaduna State
governor, Nasir El-Rufai, whose ministerial nomination was rejected by the
Senate.

 

Lawal served as Secretary to the Kaduna State Government
during El-Rufai’s administration.

 

The source said, “There will be a FEC meeting at 12 pm
tomorrow (Monday) and all three of them—Bio, Olawande and Lawal—will take the
oath before the meeting starts proper.”

 

President Tinubu had, on August 21, sworn in and inaugurated
45 ministers who attended the maiden cabinet meeting at the Council Chamber of
the Presidential Villa in Abuja on August 28.

 

Article 144 (5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended)
recognises the “Executive Council of the Federation” (the Federal Executive
Council) as the “body of Ministers of the Government of the Federation,
howsoever called, established by the President and charged with such
responsibilities for the functions of government as the President may direct.”

 

The Council’s purpose is to formulate policies, execute
government projects, and, more broadly, aid the President in discharging his
executive functions.

Source: Tinubu swears in new ministers as FEC meets today

 - NigerianEye
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