Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who had held the position of acting President while President Muhammadu Buhari was away in London on 50-day medical vacation, said that the two of them have always been working as a team on every issue concerning governance.
“I think the president as you know has always given me several responsibilities. I think what we must recognise is that the way this administration work is that it has always been team work. Very little is done without the president’s clearance. So, generally speaking even with responsibilities that are my constitutional responsibilities, we have full discussions on them, we have full agreements on all of those issues. It is not necessarily delegation, yes in some cases delegation but by and large practically everything I discuss fully with him and have his endorsement before we are able to go on and do anything at all.”
Professor Osinbajo spoke to news men today, Monday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly after handing over the reign of power back to President Buhari, who formally returned to work.
The Vice President, who expressed confidence that President Buhari is “over-ready” for the task of governing Nigerian, said that he briefed the President about the developments in the polity while he was away before formally handing over power to him.
“He held a meeting with me for over an hour where we discussed a wide range of issues, so his readiness for work is not in doubt at all. In fact he is over ready.
“He is very well. We just had a very long meeting where I was basically trying to bring the President up to date as to some of the things we have done while he was away. And he has given a few directives on what we should be doing on so many areas, the north east, budget, the economy, a wide range of issues.
“I think the president was reasonable satisfied”.
President Buhari transmitted his letter of resumption to the National Assembly today, Monday, March 13.
A statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Femi Adesina said that the letter to the National Assembly was in compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
President’s letter simply notified the Senate and the House of Representatives, “that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, March 13, 2017, after my vacation.” [myad]
