President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly, notifying the legislature of his return to office, after returning from medical vacation in London on Saturday.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Monday, said the action was in line with constitutional provision,
The statement reads: “President Buhari had returned to the country on Saturday, August 19, 2017, and in a letter dated August 21, 2017, he told the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, that he was resuming office.
“The letter stated in part: “In compliance with Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I write to intimate that I have resumed my functions as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from Monday, 21st August, 2017, after my medical follow-up in the United Kingdom.”