Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has announced formally his resumption to work.
The president made this known on Monday in a letter sent to the National Assembly to the effect.
The President, who returned to the country on Friday after a successful medical vacation in London, entered his office at around 11.15 a.m.
Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed the development while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday.
Shehu said that the president would later hold meeting with Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo.
Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday, on his twitter handle, revealed that President Buhari would transmit a letter to the National Assembly indicating his resumption of work after his vacation in London.
He said that the letter would formalise the president’s return.
He said: “PMB (President Muhammadu Buhari) will on Monday transmit letter to National Assembly on his return to the country. That makes his return to work formal and constitutional.’’
Adesina’s post debunks some reports indicating that the President has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to continue to act on his behalf.
Buhari left the country on 19th January for a 10-day leave. He later extended his stay until further notice by writing to the National Assembly that Osinbajo would act as president in his absence.
President Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday through Kaduna Airport after more than six-weeks in the United Kingdom.
The Presidential plane landed at the VIP Wing of the 401 Flying Training School of the Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, at about 7.40 a.m.
In an address issued shortly after his return, the president thanked Nigerians for their constant prayers for his good health and revealed that he might go back to London in the next few weeks for routine medical check-up.
