PHOTOS: Acting President Osinbajo chairs FEC Meeting of May 24

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday chaired the weekly cabinet meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, otherwise known as Federal Executive Council.

Mr. Osinbajo chaired the meeting in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently undergoing medical treatment in London.

At the meeting were federal ministers, the head of service of the federation, the national security adviser and Abba Kyari, President Buhari’s chief of staff.

The weekly cabinet meeting holds every Wednesday at the presidential villa.

Below are photographs taken at the event.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, calls for 1-minutes silent in honor of Chukwuma Onuekwusi, Late Channels TV Reporter. Chief of Staff Abba Kyari; Head of Civil Service; Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita; NSA, Maj. Gen. Babagana Mungonu during the Federal Executive Council Meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. 26th April 2017. Photo by: Novo Isioro

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo; Chief of Staff Abba Kyari; Head of Civil Service; Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita during the Federal Executive Council Meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. 26th April 2017. Photo by: Novo Isioro

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN; Chief of Staff Abba Kyari; Head of Civil Service; Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita; NSA, Maj. Gen. Babagana Mungonu during the Federal Executive Council Meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. 26th April 2017. Photo by: Novo Isioro

Min. of Women Affairs, Sen. Aisha Al-hassan and Min of State Aviation, Hadi Sirika during Federal Council Meeting at the Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. 26th April 2017. Photo by: Novo Isioro

A cross-section of Ministers observing ‘A Minute Silence’ in honour of the late State House Correspondent and staff of Channels Television, Mr Chukwuma Onuekwusi, at the Federal Executive Council Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday (24/5/17).02751/24/5/2017/Callistus Ewelike/EO/BJO/NAN

FROM LEFT: Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu; Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu; and Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, at the Federal Executive Council Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday (24/5/17).02752/24/5/2017/Callistus Ewelike/EO/BJO/NAN

FROM LEFT: National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Mongunu; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita; Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari; and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Federal Executive Council Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday (24/5/17).02749/24/5/2017/Callistus Ewelike/EO/BJO/NAN

FILE PHOTO: FROM LEFT: Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heinekaen Lokpobiri; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma; and Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, at a Federal Executive Council Meeting