Buhari proceeds on six-day vacation as Osinbajo takes over

President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, February 5 to Wednesday, February 10, 2016.

According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, while the President is away, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will perform the functions of the President.

Shehu said Buhari had already transmitted a letter to that effect to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.

The statement read:

“President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, February 5 to February 10, 2016.

“While President Buhari is on vacation, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will perform the functions of the President.

“In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”