Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Friday, told his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, that he
had a challenging time acting as president.
The vice president was speaking at the First Lady’s Wing of the Presidential Villa in Abuja
at a 30-minute reception shortly after Buhari arrived from his medical vacation in London.
Osinbajo acted as president from January 19 and March 9.
The vice president thanked Buhari for the confidence reposed in him by handing over the reins of government to him in the
capacity of acting president.
He said the Federal Executive Council were grateful to God that the president was back
home hale and hearty.
Osinbajo stated: “Mr President, again on behalf of the Federal Executive Council, we welcome you back home. We are very
grateful to God that you are back home hale and hearty. Mr President, I must say that
personally, this has been a very interesting few days for me.
“First, I must say that I want to thank you very much for the confidence reposed in me
by handing over the reins of government to me in the capacity of acting president.
“I think more important is that you demonstrated the belief in our system which is even more important than anything else.
“The constitution, which we all swore to, is important because it outlines the code of conduct. I want to say not only am I, but I
am sure the entire nation is grateful to you.
“For me, I must say that it has been an interesting period going around the nation maybe because the roads are bad. I must
say I had a very interesting and challenging time; but above all, the president gave us
the good support.”
