COMMENTS
MADE BY VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, AFTER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
MUHAMMADU BUHARI MONDAY AND WAS ACCOSTED
BY STATE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS WITH QUESTIONS
Q: Can you confirm if the president is fully ready for work?
VP: He is doing very well, he is in his office and we just
had a meeting, a very long meeting.
We
are basically trying to bring the President to speed on some of what has been
done while he was away and he has given a few directives on what we should be
doing in so many different areas; the Northeast, the budget, the economy, quite
a range of issues. We just had a meeting for over an hour and his readiness for
work isn’t in doubt at all.
Q: Are you now back to your position as Vice President?
VP: I’m back to my regular position as Vice President.
Q: Was the president satisfied with your performance as
Acting President?
VP: I think the President was reasonably satisfied with the
way I acted. I think so. I think one thing that we must recognize is the way
this administration works, it has always been that of team work.
There
is very little that is done without the President’s clearance and endorsement,
so generally speaking, even with some responsibilities that are mine
constitutionally, we always have full discussions and agreements on them, and
in some cases there is delegation. But by and large, I practically discussed practically
everything fully with him while he was away and I had his endorsements before
we were able to go on and do what we did.
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