All you need to know about president's latest London trip
President Buhari will leave Abuja for London this week. Here's all you need to know about his latest London vacation.
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This will be Buhari’s 6th such trip to London since he was inaugurated president on May 29, 2015.
Here’s all you really need to know about this trip:
1. The trip is a “working” one.
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According to the president’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu:“President Muhammadu Buhari from August 3, 2018”.
2. A letter has been transmitted to the national assembly to make all of this official and constitutional.
Shehu says: “In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, a letter has been transmitted to the President of the Senate, and the Speaker, House of Representatives to that effect".
3. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will step in as Acting President whilst Buhari is away.
Here’s how Shehu puts it: “While the President is on vacation, the Vice President will be in acting capacity as President”.
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4. Buhari inspected his election campaign officeon Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Area, Abuja and held a meeting with APC governors who are yet to defect, before his London trip.
5. Buhari is expected back in Nigeria on the weekend of August 11-13, 2018.
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