The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, is presiding over a meeting of the Council of State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The President will preside over the meeting for the fourth time. The first was on October 21, 2015, the second on September 7, 2016, and the third in August 2020.
The meeting, which begins at 10 a.m., is being attended both physically and virtually.
Former heads of state Abdusalami Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan, and Yakubu Gowon are among those in attendance.
Also in attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, Boss Mustapha; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
State governors in attendance are Hope Uzodinma of Imo State; Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state among others. Other governors are attending virtually.
The council observed a minute silence in honour of the former head of Interim Government, Ernest Shonekan, who died on January 11, 2022.