TheCable

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal executive council (FEC) has not been dissolved.

Speaking with state house correspondents after the valedictory council meeting on Wednesday, Mohammed said the report that the council has been dissolved was fake.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari directed all ministers to return to their desks and continue working.

“I just want to make this clarification. While we were at the chambers there was a false breaking news that the federal executive council has been dissolved which is not correct,” Lai said.

“As a matter of fact, we have been directed by the president that we should all go back and return to our offices. So it is not true that the federal executive council has been dissolved, it is still very much alive.

“We have all been directed to go back to our offices and ensure that we continue to work right to the end of 29 May. So please ignore the fake news.”

Earlier, TheCable reported that Buhari swore in seven federal commissioners of the Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

The federal commissioners include Ayogu Eze (Enugu state), Peter Opara (Imo state), Hawa Aliyu (Jigawa state), and Rekiya Haruna (Kebbi state).

Others are Ismaila Agaka (Kwara state), Kolawole Abimbola (Oyo state), and Ayuba Ngako (federal capital territory).