President Muhammadu Buhari has proceeded to London for medical check-up and says that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will preside over the country in his absence.
Following the comments he made that his deputy will Act while he is away, there are expectations he may follow suit with a letter to federal lawmakers on Tuesday.
For his last few trips to attend to his health, the President did not officially hand over to Osinbajo by transmitting letters to the National Assembly, a development that has often raised eyebrows in the country.
President Buhari told journalists in Abuja on Sunday shortly before travelling out that Osinbajo will be in charge and said his absence from the country would not affect the running of government.
He disclosed that Osinbajo would be assisted by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as well as his Chief of Staff.
”Well, I cannot claim to be doing the work alone. The government is fully represented – the Vice-President is there, constitutionally when I’m away he’s in charge; and the Secretary to the government and then the chief of staff. So, no problem,” the president said.
The earlier impression given by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina was that he would go to London from Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country on Friday; but he returned to the country suddenly.
The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, had on March 1, in a statement said that the president’s trip to London for routine medical checks, would ”last for a maximum of two weeks.”