President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja for London, United
Kingdom on a medical vacation,
yesterday. He will return to the country on
February 6, 2017. This is the second time the president would be seeking
medical attention since he took office on May 29, 2015. The first was in June
last year when he left the country to treat an ear infection and returned after
spending 13 days. A statement by the Presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina,
said the President is going “on a short leave which is part of his annual
vacation. During the vacation, the President will also undergo routine medical
check-up
Speaking
to newsmen, he said: “What’s wrong with going on vacation? Didn’t I go last
year at the same time?” Buhari jets out …. He’ll do routine medical checkups
—Spokesman Also speaking, his spokesman, Mr. Adesina, said President Buhari was
going to rest and then do his routine medical check-ups, noting that there was
no cause for alarm. He said: “The president is going to rest. You know that God
did work of creation for six days and on the seventh day He rested. So if God
needed to rest, how much more human being. “So the President is just going to
rest and the statement we have released is straight forward. He will go on this
leave and during the leave he will do routine medical checkups. “We need to
show goodwill towards our leaders, particularly President Buhari, who is
working to give Nigeria a new footing, a new orientation. “Nothing absolutely
to worry about but a lot of goodwill, a lot prayers are necessary at all
times.” Also at the airport was the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Abayomi
Olonisakin, who had a brief meeting with the president. He later said the
meeting was to update the president on the operations of Nigerian troops in the
crisis infested The Gambia. He said: “The meeting was to give Mr. President
update on our operations within and outside the country especially our
involvement with the ECOWAS standby force that are being inducted into Senegal
which has to do with the issue of mandate ensuring that the president elect of
The Gambia is sworn in.”
source: vanguard
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