…As activist urges Nigerians in London to ‘occupy’ hospital
The Presidency has told Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will govern the country from wherever he is, insisting that it is unnecessary for him to transmit power to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Buhari departed Nigeria for London on Tuesday for what the Presidency described as a routine medical check-up.
He will spend a minimum of two weeks in the United Kingdom and many Nigerians were concerned about him not transmitting power to Osinbajo.
But appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, explained that Buhari has not contravened the laws of the land by not transmitting power to his deputy.
“He (Buhari) will continue from wherever he is,” Shehu said when asked if the President had transferred duties to the vice president.
He added: “The requirement of the law is that if the President is going to be absent in the country for 21 days and more, then that transmission is warranted. In this particular instance, it is not warranted.”
But activist and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, has advised Nigerians in the United Kingdom to occupy the London hospital where Buhari plans to have a medical check-up.
Sowore, who described Buhari’s medical trip to London as a waste of resources, said the President should do his check-up in the “world-class” hospital he built since coming to power.
Sowore on his tweeter page also advised Nigerians in the UK to occupy the Abuja House in London.
“Nigerians in UK must #occupy the hospital where sickly @mbuhari is wasting Nigeria’s resources and the Nigeria embassy as well as Abuja House in London, let Buhari return home and do a medical check in the “world-class” hospital he built since coming to power. #Buharimustgo!” he tweeted.
The news of the President’s planned medical trip comes just as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Monday insisted on embarking on a nationwide strike on Thursday.
The association based its decision on what it described as the Federal Government’s insincerity in implementing agreements.