Jonathan summons emergency FEC meeting over subsidy, Boko Haram issues

AS Nigerians take to the streets to protest the removal of petrol subsidy,  President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned an emergency meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), ostensibly to deliberate on the way forward.
At the last sitting of the council last month, it had been resolved that the ministers would reconvene for the first meeting this year on January 11, but the pressure arising from the abrupt withdrawal of the subsidy had apparently forced Jonathan to ask for an urgent meeting a week earlier.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered in Abuja, on Tuesday, that issues arising from the complete deregulation of the downstream sector of the economy and the threat of breakdown of law and order would be high on its agenda.
The meeting is expected to properly articulate the  government’s response to the looming threat to peace as well as engagement of stakeholders, including labour, in negotiations.
Similarly, the President was expected to brief the Council on his recent declaration of State of Emergency in 15 local government areas spread across four states following the increasing spate of bomb attacks claimed by Islamic religious sect, Boko Haram.
The Ministers had already proceeded on Christmas holiday when the President announced the measures.
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