..As CoS, Ministers, Ribadu meet over food crisis
Tinubu landed at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 8:55pm.
The President was received by some of the senior members of his administration, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume; his Chief of Staff, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FTC) Nyesom Wike.
Also at the airport were Kaduna Governor Uba Sani; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) Yusuf Magaji Bichi, among others.
This last trip was the president third trip to France since he became President.
Two of the visits were private while one was official.
The first was in June 2023, three weeks after he assumed office while the second was in September 2023.
He left for the last visit on January 24 and stayed for two weeks.
The agenda of the meeting was not made public, but it may ot be unconnected with the recent protests in some parts of the country over harsh economic conditions.
Others in the meeting are the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun; Ministers of Education, Dr Tahir Mamman; Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari; Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris.
Also in the meeting are the Minister of State for FCT Dr Mariya Mahmoud; Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi Cardoso.
The country witnessed protest in some part of the country on Monday.
There were protest in Minna, Niger State and in Kano, where protesters lamented the economic hardship in the country.
