President Muhammadu Buhari will not return to Nigeria from
London, where he is spending his 10-day medical vacation, until Sunday.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this to State House
correspondents on Thursday shortly before the commencement of a meeting of the
National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari’s 10-day vacation expired on Wednesday.
He was earlier scheduled to arrive the country on Thursday.
Osinbajo, however, said it was just appropriate for Buhari
to take the weekend off and rest very well in London before returning to the
country.
He said he had spoken to the President on the telephone and
he was in good health condition.
The Vice-President said Buhari would resume in his office on
Monday morning.
Osinbajo said, “The President will be back on Sunday. I
spoke with him yesterday evening and I think it is just the best that he takes
the weekend off. He will certainly be back on Sunday.
“I think the most straightforward thing is when he will be
back. He will be back on Sunday. There is no point rushing back on Friday or
something like that.
“He will just take the weekend off and be back on Sunday. He
is in perfect health and ready to resume work on Monday morning.
“Mr. President is in good condition, he is fine, he is very
well. He should take a day or two off in London and rest a bit and come back
hale and hearty on Sunday and be ready for work on Monday. So we expect him
back on Sunday.”
The President had so far embarked on vacation two times this
year.
He had earlier embarked on a a six-day vacation
between February 5 and 10.
Like the case of the second vacation, he remained in London
throughout the first vacation.
He had earlier granted an interview where he said the
doctors he had been consulting since the 1970s were based in London.
Buhari had before leaving the country written to the
National Assembly to intimate the federal lawmakers of his vacation.
He had indicated in the letter that Osinbajo would be performing
the duties of the President while he would be away.
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