The meeting, which usually holds every Wednesday, is the highest decision making body of the government.
Since President Muhammadu Buhari took over on May 29, 2015, the meeting has held irregularly, and was last Wednesday presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Explaining the president’s absence at the meeting, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said Buhari had other pressing engagements and considered the agenda of the day to be light, so he delegated the duty to Osinbajo.