We would want to provide clarification in response to inquiries from journalists regarding who is in command of our nation when the President and Vice President are abroad:
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- Even during their absence, the President and Vice President remain actively involved in the business of the country. The nation is not lacking in leadership.
- President Tinubu is currently on a two-week working vacation after departing the nation on October
He has been occupied with taking phone calls and giving orders on state-related issues during this time. Before the vacation officially ends, he will shortly be back in the country.
- The vice president, who works for Nigeria, left the nation on Wednesday for an official visit to Sweden.
- Every state organ is operating normally. The government runs smoothly because the Senate President, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ministers, and Service Chiefs are all in their proper roles.
- A similar circumstance occurred in 2022 when it was discovered that former President Buhari and former Vice President Osinbajo were both abroad at the same time. Osinbajo took part in Queen Elizabeth I’s funeral, and President Buhari attended UNGA 77.
- It has happened to us during this government as well. Vice President Shettima left Nigeria between late April and early May of this year to attend the International Development Association (IDA21) Heads of State Summit in Nairobi, while President Tinubu was in London following trips to Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, where he attended the World Economic Forum. Following his return, he traveled to Dallas, Texas, to attend the Corporate Council on Africa’s US-Africa Business Summit. On May 8, President Tinubu went back home. The government’s apparatus continued to function during this period.
- The Constitution does not specifically call on the president or vice president to be physically present in the nation at all times in order to carry out their duties, which is evidence of our flexibility in the digital age. Onanuga Bayo Particular Advisor to the President
