Buhari to hosts Shagari, Babangida, Obasanjo,
Jonathan, others today
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to host the Council of State on
Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to Punch, the President, for the third time, will be hosting
the meeting of the council that has all living former Presidents and Heads of
Government as members since he assumed office in 2015.
Those expected at the meeting scheduled for the Council Chamber of the
Presidential Villa are former President Shehu Shagari; former President
Olusegun Obasanjo and former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Others are, former military Heads of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.);
Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.); Gen . Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.); as well as
the former Chairman of the defunct Interim National Government, Chief Ernest
Shonekan.
Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will also attend the meeting
alongside the Senate President and the Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
All living former Chief Justices of Nigeria; all the 36 state governors
and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, are all members of
the council.
The incessant killing and destruction of properties across the country
by suspected herdsmen is expected to form part of discussions at the meeting.
The two earlier meetings of the council presided over by Buhari were
held in October 2015 and September 2016.
The council has the constitutional duties of advising the President in
the exercise of his powers with respect to national census, prerogative of
mercy, award of national honours, the Independent National Electoral
Commission, the National Judicial Council and the National Population
Commission.
Source: Daily Post
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