President Buhari is fit to resume work on Monday, after spending
5o days medical vacation in the United Kingdom, a source in the Presidency has
said.
The source, who is conversant
with the president’s medical history, at the weekend dismissed the rumor of the
President’s incapacitation on account of his declaration that Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo will continue to function for more weeks, saying President Buhari
was as fit as a fiddle.
The president on his return to the Presidential Villa on
Friday morning said in remarks to members of the Federal Executive Council and
military chiefs, at the First Lady’s Conference Room at the Presidential Villa
that “I am feeling much better now. There may however be need for further
follow up within some weeks. I deliberately came back towards the weekend, so
that the Vice President will continue and I will continue to rest.
that
understanding was later reversed towards evening of Friday, when Presidential
sources hinted the President will resume tomorrow. That generated reactions,
with some Nigerians expressing doubt whether the President has fully recovered
to commence rigorous state duties.
Special
Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, in a tweet
on his handle at noon last Friday, said the President would transmit a letter to the National
Assembly to make his return to work formal, and constitutional.
Meanwhile,
President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians not to bother visiting the villa to
welcome him. He said, “rather than sending delegations to Abuja to
welcome me, may I appeal to our people to continue to pray for the country’s
unity, progress and prosperity.”
