The federal executive council (FEC) meeting, which used to
hold weekly since 1999, will now take place once in two weeks.
President
Muhammadu Buhari has decided that meeting every Wednesday is surplus to
requirement, a senior government official said.
“And FEC will no longer be all about awarding contracts
but a serious discussion of policy issues and appraisal of ministerial
performance,” the official said. FEC has been held just once since the
appointment of ministers, with the only meeting taking place on November 11
— the day they were inaugurated.
There was no meeting on November 18, and Buhari was in
Ikenne, Ogun state, for the burial of HID Awolowo on November 25. Buhari will
not be in the country on December 2 because of his international commitments.
It is still not clear when the next meeting will hold.
“The president believes once he has given you a job, you
have to deliver. He was very painstaking in picking the ministers and he
is convinced he has picked a very good team, so it is now left for them to
deliver the goods with minimal supervision,” the official said.
“FEC meetings will now be for brainstorming on policies and
performance review, not just contracts.” In the past, decisions on such
matters as purchase of cooking stoves and waste bins were discussed at FEC
and announced to the world by ministers at media briefings after the meetings.
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