Nigeria President, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari has commenced his annual vacation and Vice President Professor Yemi Osibajo has been delegated to perform his official function as the acting president .
This was made public in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, signed by the Special Adviser to the president on Media, & Publicity Mr. Femi Adeshina , disclosed that the Vice President would now be the acting president who will dispatch official functions of the president till the president returns from the vacation.The statement also stated that copies of the president's vacation notice has been forwarded to the president of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively .
The statement read further, ”In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”