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The Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has finally returned to Abuja after taking a two-week working leave in the United Kingdom.
Tinubu, who arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, around 7:20 pm, was received by senior members of his administration.
The President departed for the two-week working vacation on Wednesday, October 2, as part of his annual leave, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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But on October 11, Tinubu left the UK for Paris, France, for an undisclosed engagement, according to his Senior Special Assistant on Political and Other Matters Ibrahim Kabir Masari.
The President was received on arrival, among others by the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; ministers Wale Edun (Finance) and Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Budget and Economic Planning); Nuhu Ribadu (National Security Adviser); and Abdullahi Ganduje (national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC).
He is expected to resume duties at the presidency on Monday.
In other news, Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has revealed that the worsening economic situation under President Bola Tinubu’s administration is fuelling the rampant mental health cases in the country, among other factors.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, stated this in his message as Nigeria joined the global community on Thursday to commemorate this year’s World Mental Health Day.
In a post on his X handle, the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 general election said mental health remains one of the critical health issues not given the due attention it deserves in Nigeria.
