The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday presided over the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who normally presides over the FEC, has been in Ethiopia for the 33rd African Union Summit and on arrival on Wednesday headed to Borno State, where Boko Haram insurgents burnt over 30 persons to death in Auno.
The FEC 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 the January 25, aged 77, after a brief illness.
Mustapha said: “Koshoni served in cabinet first as Minister of Health from January 19 to October 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.
“So, he has served in three different capacities in the cabinet of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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