Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki has
assured members of the Senate that President Muhammadu Buhari is hale
and hearty and will back in the country very soon, Leadership reports.
Saraki
made the disclosure on Tuesday, February 21, while briefing the Senate
on the outcome of a recent visit by the leadership of the National
Assembly to President Buhari.
After reading pending letters to the Senate from
Buhari on the extension of his vacation in London, acting President Yemi
Osinbajo requesting the confirmation of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), and the nomination of an additional ambassadorial nominee, Saraki said President Buhari is in good spirit.
He said: “Further to the correspondence
from Mr. President, let me also use this opportunity to brief my
colleagues on the visit I led a delegation of myself, the Honourable
Speaker and the Majority Leader to visit Mr President Buhari on
Wednesday 15th of February to convey the greetings and best wishes of
the National Assembly and I am happy to report that we met the President
in good spirit, in good health, chatty as usual and convey his best
wishes and hopes to be back very soon.”
President Buhari left Nigeria for London on annual vacation January 19, with
a promise to return on February 6. He also noted that he would see his
doctors while there and handed over power to Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo.
But on February 5, a day before he was due to return, the president sent another letter to the National Assembly, informing lawmakers of his intention to extend the trip until his doctors complete ‘a cycle’ of medical examination on him.
The prolonged absence got many Nigerians worried and triggered speculation that the president is bedridden.
But photos of the president with
a former Interim National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives
Congress, Chief Bisi Akande and the party’s national leader, Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu in London on Thursday, February 9, silenced speculators.
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