The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ordered thorough investigation into an explosion that rocked Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday. The Council gave the directive at its first meeting in the year 2024 chaired by President Bola Tinubu.
Briefing State House correspondents shortly after the meeting, the Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, said FEC also set up a committee to look into the issues of environmental degradation and deforestation. He noted that the activities of illegal miners pose a huge challenge to Nigeria, hence the committee is mandated to come up with a roadmap for tackle the menace.
The ministers of defence,service chiefs among others are members of the committee.
Similarly, FEC noted with concern the spate of kidnapping in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and mandated the service chiefs to beef up security in the nation’s capital.
The defence minister explained that during a meeting with service chiefs on Tuesday, President Tinubu ordered them to swing into action and bring the menace to an end.
He attributed the rise in security challenges within the FCT to the military operations in the North-West and parts of North Central which have forced the bandits to flee their hideouts.
Also Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. He said the president approved about N9.6 billion for 12 local insurance firms to cover the federal workers in case of unforeseen eventualities in the course of their duties. Meanwhile the Federal Executive Council (FEC) expressed concerns over rising cost of goods and services in the country.
Also briefing journalists after the meeting, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, disclosed that Council mandated him to obtain the National Assembly’s ratification of the tax liberalization agreement signed between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during President Tinubu’s visit to the country.
Meanwhile, before the commencement of the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the year, President Bola Tinubu had sworn in Ambassador Desmond Akawor as a Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
