Osinbajo Presides Over FEC, As Council Honours Victims Of Boko Haram Attack

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the 33rd Ordinary Session of Presidents and Governments of the African Union.
The President was, however, expected back in the country yesterday.
The meeting was heralded by the National Anthem, the Christian and Muslim prayers.
Afterwards, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, with the permission of the vice president, called for a minute of silence in honour of those killed in the latest Boko Haram attack in Borno State.
The minute silence was also observed in honour of late Vice Admiral Patrick Koshoni, who died on January 25, aged 77, after a brief illness.
“ Koshoni served in cabinet first as Minister of Health from January 19 to Oct. 14, 1988; he later became the Minister of Transport and Aviation from 1984 to 1985 and later Minister of Labour and Productivity from September 1985 to October 1986.
“And thereafter, at the later part of his career, he became the Chief of Naval Staff from October 7, 1986 to December 29, 1989.