ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that he spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari Monday afternoon and that he was hale and hearty.
Buhari had on Sunday wrote to the Senate notifying them of the extension his vacation in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors for an undisclosed ailment.
His letter to the Senate did not state when he would be back to the country.
However, speaking to State House correspondents in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Osinbajo said they both spoke on the 2017 budget, and the meeting with the private sector on the consultative forum on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan and also the protest by Nigerians.
”The President is hale and hearty, I spoke to the President just this afternoon and we had a warm conversation. He was interested in knowing about the budget process and how far we have gone and the meeting today with the private sector and the economic recovery growth plan and I informed him about the protest march and feedback about what people are saying about the economy. He is in good shape.
“Just like he said in his letter to the National Assembly he needs to go for a cycle of tests and once he sees the test results and gets medical advice, we expect him very soon.
“I think that the health status of Mr President is an issue that only Mr. President would discuss at the appropriate time. Again he is running test and all of that, before you will be able to determine your health status you must be able to say this is my health status. Do the test my doctors have advised me to do and will wait for the outcome of the test and know my status”.
Asked if he was under pressure to resign, Osinbajo replied, “I am under no pressure to resign. I was voted for by the people of this nation, myself and Mr. President and so the people of this nation have not asked us to resign. I am absolutely not under any pressure whatsoever. The truth is that there has been no pressure from any source asking me to resign”.