The weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council is on-going at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the meeting holding inside the Council Chamber.
Mr Osinbajo is standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently in London, United Kingdom where he is scheduled to meet with his doctor.
Recall that during the April 18 Federal Executive, FEC, which was presided over by Mr Osinbajo, the meeting was poorly attended as only eighteen out of 36 ministers attended.
Some of the ministers at the ongoing meeting are Lai Mohammed (information), Abdulrahman Danbazzau (interior), Chris Ngige (labour), Adamu Adamu (education), Adebayo Shittu (communications), Usani Usani (Niger Delta affairs), Ogbonnaya Onu (science and technology) and Rotimi Amaechi (transportation).
The junior ministers at the meeting are Zainab Ahmed (budget and national planning), Steven Ocheni (labour), Anthony Onwuka (education), and Heneiken Lokpobiri (agriculture).
Others are Omole Daramola (niger Delta affairs), Osagie Ehinare (health) Hadi Sirika (aviation), and Mustapha Baba Shauri (power).