Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has assured the nation that President Muhammadu
Buhari is hale and hearty and would return home as soon as he completes the
necessary tests recommended by his doctors in the United Kingdom.
Prof.
Osinbajo gave the assurance on Monday when State House correspondents
approached him for a chat shortly after his telephone conversation with the
president.
``Let
me first say the President is hale and hearty. I spoke to him just this
afternoon and we had a fairly long conversation, he is in good shape and very
chatty,” the Acting President said.
He
disclosed that the conversation was focused on the economy, the budget and
goings on in the country.
The
President was ``interested in knowing about the budget process and how far we
had gone’’, especially with efforts aimed at taking the country out of
recession.
``As
you know we had a meeting today with the private sector on the economic
recovery and growth plan and he was interested in knowing what was happening
with that, with the economic recovery and growth plan and what we are doing
with the private sector.”
``And
of course I informed him of what we are seeing, the protest matches and some of
what the feedback is, what people are saying about the economy and all of
that,’’ Osinbajo added.
On
when the President would return to Nigeria and his present health status,
Osinbajo said ``just as he has said in his letter to the National Assembly, he
needs to go through a cycle of tests and once the test results are seen, he
will receive medical advice. We should expect him very soon.’’
On
the health status of the President, the Acting President noted that at the appropriate
time the President will be able to discuss it, especially as he is currently
running tests.
According
to Prof. Osinbajo, “before you determine your health status, you must be able
to run the necessary tests, and do what doctors have asked to be done, and
await the outcome of that before one can talk about any kind of health
status.’’
The
Acting President also dismissed insinuations that he was under pressure to
resign.
``I
was voted for by the people of this nation, myself and Mr President, and the
people of this nation have never asked us to resign.
``So,
I am absolutely under no pressure, and the truth is that there has been
absolutely no pressure from any source.’’
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