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President Muhammadu Buhari and cabinet ministers are right now holding an emergency Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The agenda of the meeting, which is taking place at the Presidential Villa, is unknown.<\/p>\n

However, security, the 2019 elections and the national minimum wage remain top issues in the country.<\/p>

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The FEC meeting, by tradition, holds on Wednesdays, though late last year, a Special FEC meeting was convened on a Friday to discuss and approve the 2019 budget proposals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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