President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to work.
The President’s personal assistant on new media Bashir Ahmad disclosed this on Tuesday, May 2 in a couple of tweets on his verified Twitter handle.
According to him, President Buhari received briefing from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) General Managing Director Maikanti Baru.
The absence of Buhari at key government functions had fuelled speculations about his health, with critics mounting pressure on him to step down.
President Muhammadu @MBuhari receives briefing from GMD of the NNPC, Alhaji Maikanti Baru this afternoon at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) May 2, 2017
After being briefed by GMD of the NNPC Maikanti Baru, President Buhari also received another briefing from Minister of Justice, Malami SAN.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) May 2, 2017
Civil society groups have also called on the president to go on urgent medical leave.
Malami addressed state house correspondents after meeting with the president., who is a member of the Presidential committee investigating suspended Secretary to the Government of the General of the Federation, SGF,
He said the final report of the committee probing Babachir Lawal, suspended secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Ayo Oke, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), would submit its report on Wednesday.
However, he refused to speak on whether the committee would yield to the calls of not making the report public
Baru also spoke with reporters after the meeting, 7(NAN) The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikati Baru, on Tuesday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the corporation and its subsidiaries.
He said he briefed the president on the activities of the corporation and its subsidiaries, and on the relative stability in the nation’s oil and gas sector in recent time.
He said the president expressed delight over the reported stability in the oil and gas sector.
“I briefed Mr President on the state of the NNPC and its subsidiaries and also nationally to get him briefed on the situation of fuel supply, crude oil productions, gas production and by extension, ability to supply gas to the power sector,” he said.
“We had an extensive briefing as you could see; I passed here over two hours. I spent quite some time with him to discuss these national issues.
“He was happy with the state of the corporation and told us to continue with the efforts that we are doing and if we need any executive attention we should not hesitate to come back to him.
Baru disclosed that following the peace and stability being enjoyed in the nation’s oil and gas sector, the nation recorded two million barrels of crude oil production on May 2.
He said the NNPC had no plan to increase the prices of its products as being speculated.