NIGERIA- President Muhamadu Buhari begins a 10-day vacation to the United Kingdom today.
Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday.
The statement said while in London, the president will seek medical attention for “persistent ear infection”.
“President Muhammadu Buhari will take 10 days off and travel to London on Monday June 6th, to rest,” the statement read.
“During the holiday, he will see an E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection.
“The President was examined by his personal physician and an E.N.T Specialist in Abuja and was treated.
“Both Nigerian doctors recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution.”
Speculations on the President’s state of health has been rife since he put off his scheduled two-day official visit to Lagos State and directed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to represent him.
The Presidency had attributed the development to what it called “scheduling difficulties.”
The issue resonated last Thursday when Buhari again shelved his trip to Rivers State for the inauguration of the clean-up of Ogoniland and other oil-impacted communities.
He again sent Osinbajo to represent him at the event with the Presidency saying there was no big deal in the Vice-President representing Buhari at functions since “the Presidency is one.”
Buhari’s scheduled trip to Dakar, Senegal for the 49th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States, was again put off and Osinbajo was once again asked to represent him.
In all, the Presidency had claimed that the President was “fit as a fiddle” until Sunday when it finally admitted the ill-health.
This is the second time Buhari will be proceeding on vacation this year.
The President had earlier embarked on a six-day vacation between February 5 and 10.
