President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja.
This is the first cabinet meeting in 2025. The meeting started shortly after the President swore-in eight new Permanent Secretaries, 21 members of the Revenue Allocation, Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission, one member of Federal Character Commission, one member of the National Population Commission, NPC.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabianila, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, as well as Ministers.
It’s expected that some of the ministries, departments and agencies would make presentation at the FEC.
The new Permanent Secretaries that took the oath of office are: Dr. Onwusoro Maduka Igenelandu (Abia), Mr. Random Philip Ebiogeh (Bayelsa), Anuma Nlia (Ebonyi State), Ogbodo Nnam (Enugu State), and Kalba Usman (Gombe State). Others are Usman Aminu (Kebbi State), Oyekunle Nwakuso (Rivers State), and Nadungu Gagare (Kaduna State).
The RMAFC commissioners, whose appointments were confirmed by the Senate last August, include Linda Oti (Abia), Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Enefe Ekene (Anambra), Prof. Steve Ugba (Benue), Chief Eyo Nsa (Cross River), Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta), Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi), Victor Eboigbe (Edo), Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti), Ozo Obodougo (Enugu), and Kabir Mashi (Katsina).
Others are Adamu Fanda (Kano), Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos), Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Bako Shetima (Niger), Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Saad Ibrahim (Plateau), Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe), Bello Garba (Zamfara), and Mohammed Usman (Gombe)
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Hon. Kayode Oladele, was sworn in as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), representing Ogun State
Mrs. Olukemi Victoria Iyantan (Ondo), was also sworn in as commissioner National Population Commission (NPC).
President Tinubu urged the newly inaugurated permanent secretaries and commissioners to uphold diligence, innovation, and commitment in the discharge of their duties, emphasizing the importance of their roles in advancing the administration’s governance and development agenda.
The upper chamber approved the appointments after considering the report of its Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs, presented by its chairperson, Abdullahi Yahaya.
Just before the FEC commenced, members of the Council observed a minute of silence in honour of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jeremiah Useni, who passed away on January 23, 2025.
