Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday briefed
President Muhammadu Buhari on some of his activities as acting president while
the president was away in London.
Osinbajo who made this known after a closed door
meeting with the president in Abuja, said “I’m back to my regular position as
Vice-President .’’
He said that the president, who was updated on
national and international issues as they concerned the country, gave specific
directives on the next steps to be taken.
“We just had a very long meeting. As you can see we
were basically trying to bring the President up to speed on some of the things
we have done while he was away.
“He has given a few directives on what we should be
doing on so many areas, the Northeast, budget, the economy, a wide range of
issues.’’
On the readiness of the president to resume work,
the vice-president said he had already handed over the governance of the nation
to the president.
“He’s held a meeting with me for well over an hour
now where we discussed a wide range of issues.
“So, his readiness for work isn’t in doubt at all.
As a matter of fact I think he is over ready.
“Oh yes! I’m back to my regular position as vice
president.’’
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On whether the president was impressed with his
performance as acting president, Osinbajo said President Buhari “was reasonable
satisfied’’.
Osinbajo dismissed the assertion that there might be
a lot of delegation of duties to him, due to the health of the president.
According to him, nothing will be done without the
president’s clearance.
He said: “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.
“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.’’ (NAN)
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