Nigeria
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is to operate from home in the next months.
The Federal Government has said that the President needed some rest, adding, all the files on his table will be brought to him at his official residence at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Buhari was absent from a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, prompting the new information passed on by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.
It was the second time Buhari was missing at the weekly meeting.
President Buhari absent at FEC meeting again https://t.co/ml6MaRCX8E pic.twitter.com/d2NXLnjccB
— Reuben Abati (@abati1990) April 26, 2017
The Minister Of Information, Lai Mohammed Explains Reason Behind Buhari's Absence From FEC Meeting. pic.twitter.com/ASoCOQVIvN
— Channels Television (@channelstv) April 26, 2017
Buhari, returned home in March after nearly two months away on medical leave in Britain. Details of his condition are yet to be disclosed.
Nigeria is in its second year of recession, brought on by low oil prices. The Naira has performed poorly in recent times.
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