President Muhammadu Buhari, who returned on Saturday from a 103-day
medical vacation in the United Kingdom, will be operating from his home,
a presidency official said on Monday.
President Muhammadu Buhari resumed work, on Monday, at about 11:20am.
Acording to The Sun newspaper, the president did not go to his office, but chose to operate from his official residence.
A Presidency official told State House told reporters that this was because the president’s office was being renovated.
The official, who pleaded anonymity, said the president would move to his office as soon as the renovation was completed.
Speaking to State House correspondents later, presidential
spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed that the president had resumed
work and transmitted a letter to the National Assembly.
Later in a statement, Adesina said Buhari, in line with
constitutional provision, had written the National Assembly, notifying
the legislature of his return to office, after returning from medical
vacation in London.
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.
