President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, presided over the Council of State meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Former Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan were among those who attended the meeting.
But former presidents Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar joined the meeting virtually.
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, however, stayed away from the meeting.
Obasanjo had reportedly said the demands of the protesters are legitimate.
The meeting is always held to advise the President on policy decisions and other matters that the sitting president might put before them.
Members of the council are the President, Vice President, former Presidents and Heads of State, the Senate President, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, state governors, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Attorney-General of the Federation.
Tuesday’s meeting, the first to be convened by the Tinubu-led administration, comes days after some Nigerians took to the street to protest against the prevailing hardship and economic polices of the present administration.
Some of the protesters asked the Federal Government to return fuel subsidy.
The ministers at the meeting, it was gathered, were specially invited by President Tinubu to address the Council on the policies and direction of the present administration to allow the members have a first-hand knowledge, before advising the President on the way forward.
