Tom Okure, Ph.D
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari resumes work today three days after returning home. Before settling down to work he had a pleasant meeting and briefing session with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. The two are alleged to have spoken privately for over an hour.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo meets to brief President Muhammadu Buhari |
President Buhari looked frail in health when he came off the plane upon his return from medical treatment in London on Friday March 10, 2017.
In a nine-minute welcome speech to the nation on Friday, Buhari stated that he came back in the weekend deliberately "so I will continue to rest". He also observed that he will need further medical checkups.
In a press statement issued by the Presidents special adviser, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari stated “I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday," The President’s action is in compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo during a briefing session with President Muhammadu Buhari upon his resumption of work |
In another letter transmitted to the National Assembly, the President extended his medical vacation and leave, stating that his doctors' directives required him to remain abroad for a series of additional medical tests. No definite date of his return was provided for the Presidents return. It was therefore a welcome relieve to the country and especially the president’s supporters when the President suddenly came back home on Friday after spending 51 days in London on medical leave. During the Presidents sick leave in London the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had been acting as on behalf of Mr Buhari.
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