{"id":169496,"date":"2025-07-14T20:41:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:45:28","slug":"tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Cancels FEC Meeting After Buhari&#8217;s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The special Federal Executive Council, FEC, session on Tuesday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be held as earlier announced.<\/p>\n<p>The postponement was due to the state funeral in Buhari\u2019s hometown of Daura, Katsina State tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by President Bola Tinubu\u2019s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will announce a new date after the funeral proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu had called for the special FEC session to honour Buhari for his invaluable contributions to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of the former Nigerian leader will arrive from London tomorrow by noon, after which he will be committed to Mother Earth in his home town, in accordance with Islamic rites.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari died on Sunday in a London Clinic after a prolonged illness.<\/p>\n<p>He also directed Vice President Kashim Shettima and Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila to join the Buhari family in London to condole with the family and bring the former President\u2019s remains back home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The special Federal Executive Council, FEC, session on Tuesday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari will no longer be held as earlier announced. The postponement was due to the state funeral in Buhari\u2019s hometown of Daura, Katsina State tomorrow. A statement by President Bola Tinubu\u2019s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18013,834,254,945],"class_list":["post-169496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buharis-death","tag-fec","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu Cancels FEC Meeting After Buhari&#039;s Death - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The special Federal Executive Council, FEC, session on Tuesday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari w ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu Cancels FEC Meeting After Buhari&#039;s Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The special Federal Executive Council, FEC, session on Tuesday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari w ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T19:41:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T20:45:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752513450.998535.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu Cancels FEC Meeting After Buhari&#8217;s Death\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T19:41:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-14T20:45:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752513450.998535.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buhari's death\",\"FEC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-cancels-fec-meeting-after-buharis-death\",\"name\":\"Tinubu Cancels FEC Meeting After Buhari's Death - 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