Friday 5 February 2016

VP Osinbajo set to Takes Over as Buhari leaves for Vacation/Health Issues


Buhari-Leaves
The Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari has embarked on a sudden 5 day vacation. It is also likely that the President may also be attending to an undisclosed health issue. In the meantime Vice president Osinbajo has assumed the Presidency in fulfillment of Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution.
President Muhammadu Buhari, embark on vacation from Friday, February 5, which is billed to end on Wednesday, February 10.
The information was disseminated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, through his Twitter page.
While the president is on vacation, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will step in his shoes and perform the functions of the president.
Shehu revealed that: ”In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”

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