Barring any last-minute change of their plan, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to meet today to deliberate on salient matters aimed at tackling some of the problems bedevilling the nation.
It was gathered that the meeting is expected to consider some serious matters of state including the vexed issue of the minimum wage impasse that had been ongoing between the Federal government and organized labour union.
The tripartite committee set up by the Federal government recently submitted its report to the President, Bola Tinubu.
While the Federal government has agreed that it can only pay N62,000 minimum wage, the organised Labour said that Labour will only settle for N250,000.
Reports show that it is expected to consider the stand of labour, what the government can conveniently pay, before putting in place measures towards an executive bill that will be presented to the National Assembly. The last FEC meeting was held on the 13th and 14th of May, 2024.
Before now, the Federal Executive Council meetings of the present administration were always held only on Mondays.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was said to have approved the conduct of FEC to be held every Monday.
Before the present administration, the weekly FEC meeting, presided over by the president and attended by cabinet members as well as other top aides to the president, was always held every Wednesday.
Chinedum Anayo