Buhari informs national assembly of his return

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the national assembly to officially announce his return to the country.

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement.

TheCable had earlier reported that Buhari was about to write to the federal lawmakers.

A briefing meeting between the president and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo held at the presidential villa on Monday morning.

“The president has signed a letter notifying the national assembly of his resumption. A copy has been sent to the senate president and a copy has been sent to the speaker, house of representatives, so the president has resumed,” Adesina told state house correspondents.

On what his resumption will do to Nigerians, the presidential spokesman said it means the president they voted into office, who has been serving them and who was indisposed for some time and who came back on Saturday, is ready to continue with the work he has been doing.

Adesina later released a statement where he said, “In line with constitutional provision, President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly, notifying the legislature of his return to office, after returning from medical vacation in London.

“President Buhari had returned to the country on Saturday, August 19, 2017, and in a letter dated August 21, 2017, he told the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, that he was resuming office.

“The letter stated in part: “In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I write to intimate that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, 21st August, 2017, after my medical follow-up in the United Kingdom.

“President Buhari had left for London on May 7, 2017, and handed the reins of government to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who functioned as the acting president.”

By the letter, Buhari has been legally empowered to return to office after embarking on medical vacation on May 7.

He had written to the national assembly after handing over power to Osinbajo before his UK trip.