BUHARI WRITES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON RESUMPTION OF DUTIES
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.
