No Law Says FEC Meeting Must Hold Every Week – Femi Adesina

Following the cancelation of the weekly federal executive meeting by the president, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina has said there is no Nigerian law that requires the FEC meeting to hold every week.

In place of the meeting, Buhari, who is working from his residence, had received the reports on the probe of the director-general of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), both of whom are on suspension.

During a Channels TV programme on Wednesday, Adesina said the president’s decision should not be a cause for concern.

“There is no law that says the federal executive council meeting should hold every week. There is no law that says it must be weekly. Under a past administration, it used to hold once every two weeks,” he said.

“So, there is no law that says it should hold every Wednesday. It depends on what you have on the agenda to discuss. The president is the chairman of that meeting. So, he has the discretion to hold the meeting or not.

“The fact that FEC did not hold in one week does not mean anything significant because the president has the discretion to hold or not.”