Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu says he is healthy and ready to work, dismissing insinuations of a health challenge following his extended working vacation in Europe.
The president spoke shortly after arriving in Lagos on Tuesday from Paris, France, after spending four weeks on a working vacation.
He was welcomed at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, by top government officials, including Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos; Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president; Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the House of Representatives; AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara; and security chiefs, among others.
Addressing State House correspondents alongside the government officials, Tinubu said he is healthy and ready to get back to work.
“I enjoyed myself,” he said.
“Ready to kick, ready to work, there is nothing wrong. Rumours will always emanate from politics. But the fact is I’m here, healthy, sound and ready to go.
The presidency had earlier said Tinubu would depart France on Tuesday for Lagos to honour the memory of the late MKO Abiola, whom it described as a martyr of Nigeria’s democratic struggle.
Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to Tinubu on information and strategy, said the president would attend the premiere of a movie honouring Abiola, the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, at the Wole Soyinka National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, on Independence Day.
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