I’ve Resumed Work, Buhari Writes NASS

President Muhammadu Buhari has written the National Assembly, notifying it of his return to office.

The Nigerian leader returned to the country on August 19, after spending 103 days in London on medical vacation.

In his letter dated Monday, 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.”

President Buhari had left for London on May 7, 2017, and handed the reins of government to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who functioned as the Acting President.