Buhari’s Medical Check-up: Presidency Reveals When VP Osinbajo Will Take Over as Acting President

July 29 20:56 2021 by The Ajasa News Print This Article

The presidency has explained the circumstances under which Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would act as president following President Muhammadu Buhari’s medical trip to the United Kingdom.

The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, told Channels TV in an interview that the constitution empowers Yemi Osinbajo to act as president if Buhari is not back to the country within 21 days.

Adesina made the statement when defending the president’s decision to seek medical treatment in the United Kingdom.

He also dismissed the suggestion that Buhari’s trip abroad has created a power vacuum.

The presidential aide said Yemi Osinbajo will attend to critical issues during Buhari’s absence.

He said: “The nation is running, there is a vice president who will attend to critical issues. There is no vacuum and a constitutional amendment has sorted that out.”

Earlier, the presidential spokesman explained why President Muhammadu Buhari chooses to travel to the United Kingdom for his medical checkup.

Speaking with Channels TV on Tuesday, July 27, Adesina said president Muhammadu Buhari has been receiving medical treatment from the same team of doctors for about 40 years.

He noted that this is why his principal will always resort to the foreign doctors since they have his medical history, Sahara Reporters also reported.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, July 26 in Abuja signed a supplementary budget of N982.7billion for 2021 to address urgent security and COVID-19 needs of the nation.

The action by the president was his last official assignment before embarking on a trip to London.

A statement sent to online news media by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, noted that the president signed the Supplementary Appropriation Act, 2021 in his office at the State House in the presence of senior government officials.

Femi Adesina said President Buhari commended the National Assembly for the expeditious consideration and approval of the supplementary budget.

He said the president also assured that the executive arm of government would ensure the timely delivery of capital projects to achieve the objectives of the budget.