Osinbajo speaks with President everyday – Lai Mohammed

chika ebuzor

June 15, 2017 9:19 PM

President Muhammadu Buhari recently instructed Acting President Osinbajo to sign the 2017 budget.

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that President Muhammadu Buhari speaks with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo everyday.

This is coming on the heels of a statement issued by Eric Joyce, a former British military officer, calling on Buhari to prove that he is alive.

Mohammed also said that the President is aware of Osinbajo’s activities, adding that there is so much trust between both of them.

Speaking on the agitation by some Nigerians for the country to be restructured, the minister said that restructuring is not the priority of the Buhari administration.

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Mohammed also sad "The Acting President is daily in touch with Mr President so I am very confident that Mr President is in the full know of what the Acting President is doing and there is so much trust between the acting president and the president I don’t think there should be an area of concern at all.

“I have said at several fora that the priority of government right now is to keep this government one and safe. The priority is to revamp the economy and the priority of this government right now is to ensure that we fight corruption and that we put this country on a very stable footing. The issue of restructuring might come later but right now it is not on our front burner.”

You will recall that President Buhari gave the go ahead to Acting President Osinbajo to sign the 2017 budget.

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