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Buhari, Jonathan present as Tinubu chairs first council of state meeting

President Bola Tinubu is presiding over the meeting of the National Council of State at the Council Chamber of the State House Abuja. 

While former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari are present, ex-Heads of State, Generals Gowon Yakubu and Abdulsalami Abubakar are joining virtually.

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Also present for the meeting are; the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akpabio and the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Governors Saminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Prof. Babagana Zulum of Borno State, Engr. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Uba Sani of Kaduna State, Nasir Idris of Kebbi State, Usman Ododo of Kogi State, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and Abba Yusuf of Kano State.

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Others are; Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state, Kefas Agbu of Taraba State, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Peter Mbah of Enugu State, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State and Umar Namadi of Jigawa State are among the governors present as of the time the meeting started.

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Governors Alex Otti of Abia State, Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State and Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa states joined virtually, while the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike attended physically.

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Former Chief Justices Alfa Belgore and Mahmud Muhammed are also in attendance.

Others present are the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy and Minister of Works, David Umahi among others.

This is the first meeting of the National Council of States to be held since President Tinubu assumed office in May 2023.

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