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President Muhammadu Buhari has
cancelled his earlier scheduled visit to Lagos State.
The
Nation report continues:
Vice-President,
Yemi Osinbajo will now represent the President on the Lagos trip.
The
visit billed for Monday and Tuesday will witness commissioning of several
projects in the state.
Confirming
the new development on Sunday, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, did not give any reason for the cancellation of Buhari’s visit to the
state.
He
said: “The truth is that the Vice-President will now represent the President in
Lagos.
“There is nothing wrong if the Vice-President represents the President at functions,” he stated
Osinbajo To Inaugurate Projects In Lagos
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APC welcomes Vice-President
The
Nation reports that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will inaugurate some projects
undertaken by the Lagos State Government today on behalf of President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The
President, who had been slated to make a two-day official visit today and
tomorrow, will no longer make the trip.
As
at yesterday, the route the President would have taken had been decorated with
banners.
The
presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport was wearing a new look.
The
presidential visit would have been the first since 2002, when President
Olusegun Obasanjo visited.
Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu confirmed
that the VP will stand in for the President.
He
said the President “has scheduling difficulties”.
According
to him, Osinbajo would inaugurate a few of the projects while the President
will still visit the state after Ramadan.
Some
of the projects to be inaugurated include the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency Rescue Unit in Cappa, Oshodi; the newly constructed Ago Palace Way in
Okota, Isolo and the inauguration of security equipment and vehicles donated by
the Ambode administration.
The
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has said the two-day working visit
will provide a platform for the party leadership and Lagosians to engage and
interact with the President.
A
statement yesterday in Lagos by its Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, said:
“The historic visit will provide an opportunity for the President to get first
class knowledge of the massive transformation going on in Lagos.
“The
President will inaugurate few projects, assess the Lagos security architecture,
meet Corporate Lagos, and hopefully engage the efficient and dynamic Lagos
civil service.
“President
Buhari will use the timely visit to the ‘land of aquatic splendor’ to explain
the activities of the government in the last one year.
“The President is expected
to tell curious and anxious Lagosians what they may not know about the struggle
to reclaim Nigeria and the man-made obstacles on the way of progress.”
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