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President Buhari says the Vice President is in charge of the country
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated in Abuja on Sunday as he prepared to embark on the plane for London where he’s expected to meet his medics that his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, is in charge of the country.
The president assured that the government is always fully represented even when he’s not in the country.
Asked if state functions won’t stall as a result of his absence, the president replied by saying, “Well, I cannot claim to be doing the work alone. The government is fully represented. The Vice President is there.
“Constitutionally, when I’m away, he’s in charge. Then, we have the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and then the Chief of Staff, so, there’s no problem,” Punch reported.
Meanwhile, at the time of filing this report, Pulse can’t confirm if Buhari had transmitted a letter to the National Assembly handing over power to Osinbajo while he’s outside the country.
The president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country.
