Breaking: President Muhammadu Buhari to embark on 5-day vacation; Vice President, Osinbajo to act as president

President Muhammadu Buhari is from today, February 5, 2015, embarking on a 5-day vacation till February 10, 2015, according to the Presidency.

According to Mr Garba Shehu, the president’s senior special assistant on media and publicity, President Buhari has dispatched an official notice to the National Assembly informing both the Senate and the House of Representatives of his intention to proceed on vacation.

The transmission of the letter to the National Assembly is in compliance with provisions of the 1999 Nigerian constitution.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will act in the place of President Buhari during the course of the president’s vacation.

It will be recalled that in 2010, the inability of former President Umar Musa Yar’adua to write a letter to the National Assembly to enable then vice-president Goodluck Jonathan act in his stead, opened the doors for a prolonged constitutional crisis when Yar’adua failed to return the country for many months. The senate consequently invoked a ‘doctrine of necessity’ to pass a special resolution making Jonathan acting President without the official delegation of power by Yar’adua.

As of the moment, the Presidency has made no comments about Buhari’s health.

Story: Twitter/GarShehu