Sen. Babajide Omoworare, the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters
(Senate), said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not relegate Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo by traveling without transmitting a letter to the National
Assembly to empower the VP to act on his behalf.
Omoworare stated this while
briefing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday.
Sen. Omoworare said that contrary
to agitations by some individuals and groups, the President had not in any way
undermined or relegated the office of the Vice President.
“He has no reason to do so. I
don’t think there is any way or manner that the office of the Vice President
has been relegated. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can work
from anywhere he is in the world” he said.
The Presidential aide insisted
that the only case where people could raise issues was when a President was ill
and was unable to transmit his absence to the National Assembly.
“The only celebrated case was
that of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua,
who was ill and could not transmit any letter to the National Assembly.
The National Assembly had to work around the situation by ensuring that
executive powers go to the Vice President,” Omoworare added.
He insisted that the present
circumstance was different from the Yar’Adua era and that Buhari did not breach
any law by not transmitting a letter to the National Assembly to enable the VP
exercise executive powers during his present private trip to London.
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