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President Bola Tinubu has postponed this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting to an undisclosed date.
However, he is hosting the nation security Chiefs in a closed-door meeting.
It was reliably gathered that some ministers were seated, President Bola Tinubu, his Vice President Kashim Shettima, his Chief of Staff, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, were yet to arrive.
At about 12:15 pm, some ministers began packing their memos and walking to the exit.
One of the ministers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Monday’s meeting had been shifted to a soon-to-be-disclosed date.
“It is no longer holding today. But you know, the council meets on Mondays only when there are issues to discuss,” the minister said.
However, the cabinet member declined to give reasons for the postponement.
Nonetheless, Presidency sources who said the first notice of the meeting was disseminated on Sunday night but was postponed hours before noon.
However, some ministers did not receive the postponement notice on time.
“The ministers were not even supposed to come here because the meeting has been postponed. But it appears they got the notice very late.
“The meeting itself was impromptu because the notice came out last night,” said one source who craved for anonymity.
Another source who works closely with the President confirmed that President Tinubu was scheduled to meet with Service Chiefs at 2:00 pm to discuss the nationwide protests, among other matters.
President Tinubu had on Sunday called for dialogue and an immediate end to the nationwide protests that have rocked the nation since Thursday.
