Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja
Barring any last minute changes in plan,
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected back in the country on Thursday
(today) from London.
Buhari had penultimate Monday commenced a 10-day holiday and proceeded to London on the same day.
The Presidency had, in a statement,
indicated that the President would during the visit to the United
Kingdom, see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist for a persistent ear
infection.
The 10-day holiday ended on Wednesday.
A source in the Presidency, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The PUNCH on Wednesday that arrangements had been put in place to receive the President, who is due back in the country on Thursday.
“He is expected back on Thursday
(today). We are in touch with him. As of today (Wednesday), we have not
been told that there is any change in arrangement,” the source said.
The Presidency had, on Monday, released
photographs of the visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd,
Justin Welby, to Buhari in London.
Welby, who presented a souvenir to the
President, was in company with Nigeria-born Secretary-General of
Anglican Communion Worldwide, Most Revd. Idowu Fearon.
Buhari had so far embarked on holiday twice this year.
The President had earlier embarked on a six-day holiday between February 5 and 10, 2016.
Like the case of the second visit, Buhari remained in London throughout the first holiday.
He had earlier granted an interview where he said the doctors he had been consulting since the 1970s were based in London.
Buhari had, before leaving the country, written to the National Assembly to inform the federal lawmakers of his medical trip.
He had indicated in the letter that
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo would perform the duties of the President
while he would be away.
Meanwhile, the Presidency on Wednesday
commended the House of Representatives for giving prompt action to two
executive bills that scaled through second reading.
This was contained in a statement on
Wednesday in Abuja by the Special Assistant to the President on National
Assembly Matters (House of Reps), Alhaji Suleiman Kawu.
“We wish to thank the House of
Representatives, under the leadership of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, for
passing two of our bills today, June 15, 2016,” Kawu said in the
statement.
“One is a Bill for an Act to Provide for
the Domestication and Enforcement in Nigeria of the Avoidance of Double
Taxation Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the
Kingdom of Spain.
“The other is a Bill for an Act to
Provide for the Domestication and Enforcement in Nigeria of the
Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreement between the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and the Republic of South Korea and for Other Related Matters.”
According to the statement, the action
has shown that the House is solidly behind the executive on its numerous
policies aimed at making Nigeria better.
“We hope you will also pass our other
bills that are currently before the House with the same zeal that you
passed these two,” the Presidency stated.
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