President Bola Tinubu officially swore in three more ministers to his 48-person cabinet on Monday at noon. Read Full Article...
At 12:15 p.m., in the Council Chamber of the State House, Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Ayodele Olawande, and Balarabe Lawal took the oath of office before to the opening of the Federal Executive Council meeting, which Tinubu is preside over.
This happens approximately two weeks after a screening on October 4, 2023, when the Senate gave the group their blessing.
On September 17, 2023, President Tinubu appointed Olawande and Ibrahim as ministers of youth and minister of state for youth, respectively.
In addition, he requested that Balarabe Lawal be confirmed by the Senate as a Kaduna minister.
Lawal succeeds his principal, who served as the government's secretary under the previous governor Nasir El-Rufai, as the environment minister in Tinubu's cabinet.
Ibrahim, 37, is a native of the Kwara state. She is a doctor, politician, development specialist, and proponent of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Prior to her most recent assignment, she served as national president of the APC Young Women Forum.
Olawande, 34, is a community development specialist and young leader for the All Progressives Congress.
Olawande served as the vice president's office's special adviser on innovation under Prof. Yemisi Osinbajo before being nominated. It's Yemisi Osinbajo. He held the role from 2019 to 2023.
Prior to the meeting, the Council observed a moment of silence in Mobolaji's Ajose-Adeogun honor, who passed away on July 1 2023.
The military government of Murtala Mohammed appointed Ajose-Adeogun, who died at the age of 96, as Minister of the Federal Capital in 1976. He served in that capacity until 1979.
The council has convened twice since President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2-23; the most recent one was on Monday.
The "Executive Council of the Federation" (also known as the Federal Executive Council) is defined as the "body of Ministers of the Government of the Federation, however called, established by the President and charged with such responsibilities for the functions of government as the President may direct." according to Article 144(5) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The Council's goals are to create policies, implement initiatives from the government, and, more broadly, to support the President in carrying out his executive duties.
The majority of the Council, which meets in the Cabinet Affairs Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, is made up of the President, Vice President, and designated ministers.
The President must consult with other constitutionally mandated advisory bodies, including the Council of State, the National Security Council, and the Nigeria Police Council, among others, and must then abide by their recommendations, as stated in Article 148(2) of the Constitution. To offer these recommendations and counsel, each of these bodies holds sporadic meetings.
The CAO reports that the FEC meets once a week to debate agenda items and make decisions.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, the National Security Adviser, Femi Gbajabiamila, Nuhu Ribadu, the Head of the Federation's Civil Service, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, and all Ministers and Ministers of State are present.
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