FEC approvals typically involve Executive Council Memoranda (ECMs) submitted by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). Here’s the structured workflow:
FEC (Federal Executive Council) Approval Process in Nigeria: Overview and Key Details
When the President Outsources Hunger to the Churches by Lawson Akhigbe
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently delivered a masterclass in presidential fatalism. In his own words:
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The Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration appears to have forgotten that rule in its handling of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) controversy. In its determination to destroy the credibility of one man, Prince Adeniyi Matthew Adeyemi, it may have inflicted collateral damage on something far more valuable: the credibility of official government documentation itself.
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If You Don’t Want Us, You Cannot Have Our Gold by Lawson Akhigbe
The performance requires a villain. Africa has been performing that role for free, and at some cost to itself for considerably longer than it should have.
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