Buhari postpones publication of Executive Order 10 in official gazette

TRACKING___President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the suspension of the publication of the recently issued Executive Order 10 in the Federal Government’s Official Gazette.

The publication, The Nation learnt would have signalled the commencement of the application of the Order by affected parties.

Our correspondent gathered from senior officials at the Federal Ministry of Justice (the ministry responsible for such publications) that the publication was scheduled for this week.

It was learnt that the President agreed to a postponement of the publication, until after adequate consultations among stakeholders, when he met with a team from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), led by its Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

Members of the. NGF confirmed the postponement at their 10th teleconference on COVID -19 held on Wednesday.

The Governors resolved, at the meeting, to congratulate the President “for the decision to postpone the formal publication of the Executive Order #10 of 2020 in the Official Gazette to enable further consultations among all stakeholders.”

The Governors disclosed, in a communique issued at the end of the meeting, the NGF has constituted a committee, led by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State to continue meeting with representatives “of the Conference of Speakers and other stakeholders to work out modalities for resolving all concerns regarding Executive Order.