In
a manner that apparently portrays an affinity between them, Acting President
Yemi Osinbajo has said that President Muhammadu Buhari sees him as a brother
and also treats him like his son.
He
spoke in Katsina, the home state of President Buhari on Thursday while
launching the State’s version of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, MSMEs
clinic. Osinbajo’s latest position has overtly countered the perception in some
quarters that there may not be any love lost between him and his boss following
the wording of a recent letter the President wrote to the National Assembly,
announcing a transfer of power to him (Osinbajo).
President Buhari had on Sunday at the verge of
his departure to London for a follow-up on his medicals written to the National
Parliament, informing the lawmakers of his trip abroad in the fulfillment of
Section 145 of the 1999 constitution. While many expected the president to
categorically state that Osinbajo would “act” in his stead, the President in
the letter said that his vice will “coordinate” the activities of government in
his absence.
The
development didn’t sink well to many and has consequently elicited concerns
across the nation. But in a series of tweets @akandeoj yesterday, the spokesman
to the Acting President, Laolu Akande quoted Osinbajo as saying that President
Buhari has assigned him many responsibilities outside treating him like a son.
The
remarks were however a response to the benign and hospital words of the Emir of
Katsina to Osinbajo who had said “Here you are home, welcome to the most
peaceful state”. We all sit together side by side”, during the launch.
Responding Osinbajo said: “I feel very much AT home in KT. Moreso because this
is the State of the President who has taken me as a brother.” “In fact, the
President has taken me as a son in the way he treats me”.
The amount of responsibilities President
Buhari has given me shows he seriously believes we can live together as
brothers”. “I pray the Lord will preserve our President to continue to lead as
the nation has voted him to do. He seriously believes in Ngr unity
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