The Federal Government will today (Thursday) convene a special expanded session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to honour the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The meeting, scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, forms part of the official mourning activities approved by President Bola Tinubu following Buhari’s death.
This was disclosed in a statement by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Information and National Orientation.
“As part of the special mourning activities approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, an expanded special session of the Federal Executive Council in honour of the late former President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Thursday, at 5:00 pm. at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja,” the statement read.
Earlier in the day, Vice President Kashim Shettima will lead a Federal Government delegation to Daura, Katsina State, for the third-day prayer at Buhari’s residence.
The expanded FEC session is expected to draw high-ranking officials including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola, and members of the late president’s family.
The government has also lined up interfaith prayer sessions in Abuja to commemorate Buhari’s life and service. A special Juma’at prayer will be held at the National Mosque on Friday, July 18, while a Christian service is scheduled for Sunday, July 20, at a yet-to-be-announced venue.
Buhari, who ruled Nigeria as a military leader from 1983 to 1985 and later as a civilian president from 2015 to 2023, died in a London hospital on Sunday, July 13, at the age of 82.
