since 1999, will now take place once in two weeks, TheCable reports.
President Muhammadu Buhari has decided that meeting every Wednesday is
surplus to requirement, a senior government official told TheCable.
"And FEC will no longer be all about awarding contracts but a serious
discussion of policy issues and appraisal of ministerial performance,"
the official said.
FEC has been held just once since the appointment of ministers, with
the only meeting taking place on November 11 — the day they were
inaugurated.
There was no meeting on November 18, and Buhari was in Ikenne, Ogun
state, for the burial of HID Awolowo on November 25.
Buhari will not be in the country on December 2 because of his
international commitments.
It is still not clear when the next meeting will hold.
"The president believes once he had given you a job, you have to
deliver. He was very painstaking in picking the ministers and he is
convinced he has picked a very good team, so it is now left for them
to deliver the goods with minimal supervision," the official said.
"FEC meetings will now be for brainstorming on policies and
performance review, not just contracts."
In the past, decisions on such matters as purchase of cooking stoves
and waste bins were discussed at FEC and announced to the world by
ministers at media briefings after the meetings.
-TheCable
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