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Tinubu returns from Uk after two-week working vacation

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK)

• October 19, 2024
President Bola Tinubu disembarks from Nigerian Air Force one plane
President Bola Tinubu disembarks from Nigerian Air Force one plane [Photo: OffcialABAT]

President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after a two-week working vacation in the United Kingdom (UK).

Mr Tinubu arrived at the presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 7:20 p.m. on Saturday and was received by senior members of the administration.

The president departed Abuja for the two-week working vacation on October 2 as part of his annual leave.

On October 11, Mr Tinubu left the UK for Paris, France, for an important engagement, according to Ibrahim Masari, his senior special assistant on political and other matters.

The president was received upon arrival by the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the chief of staff to the president, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Others are ministers including, Wale Edun (finance), Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (budget and economic planning), Nuhu Ribadu (national security adviser), and Abdullahi Ganduje (national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress).

(NAN)

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