Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, said President Muhammadu Buhari did nothing wrong by travelling out of the country without handing over to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo via a letter to the National Assembly.
Omoworare, who alongside his House of Representatives counterpart, Mr. Umar El-Yakub, addressed journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, insisted that Buhari’s action in no way undermined the office of Vice President.
According to him, the President was at liberty to perform his functions from anywhere in the world.
He held that “Contrary to the claims by some individuals and groups, the President has not in any way undermined or relegated the office of the Vice President. He has no reason to do so.
“I don’t think there is any way or manner that the office of the Vice President has been relegated.
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“The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can work from anywhere he is in the world.”
The President’s Assistant posited that the only time a case can be made is when a President is ill and unable to communicate his absence to the National Assembly.
He said, “The only celebrated case was that of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who was Ill and could not transmit any letter to the National Assembly.
“The National Assembly had to work round the situation by ensuring that the executive powers go to the vice president.”
Omoworare said the situation now was different from the Yar’Adua case and that Buhari had done nothing wrong by not transferring executive powers to his deputy before travelling out.
