Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have each claimed to have spoken with President Muhammadu Buhari who is on medical vacation in the United Kingdom.
Saraki disclosed that he spoke with the President in a message he posted on Twitter late Wednesday.
He said Buhari, who on Sunday wrote to the National Assembly to request an extension of his vacation, joked with him about working late into the night.
Happy to have spoken with @NGRPresident @MBuhari tonight.
He was in good spirits and joked about my working late into the night, as usual.— Bukola Saraki (@bukolasaraki) February 8, 2017
Not one to be left out of such display of importance, Dogara tweeted on Thursday that Buhari spoke to him on Wednesday evening too.
He said the President spoke about food security for all Nigerians and what the executive and legislature must do to achieve this.
“He said he was pained by the suffering endured by most Nigerians last year and he’s resolved not to let events of 2016 repeat themselves.
“He also asked me to extend his best wishes to all Hon Members.”
@MBuhari called me yesterday evening. He talked about what the Executive/ Legislature must do to to ensure food security for all Nigerians/
— Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara (@YakubDogara) February 9, 2017
He said he was pained by the suffering endured by most Nigerians last year and he’s resolved not to let events of 2016 repeat themselves/
— Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara (@YakubDogara) February 9, 2017
He also asked me to extend his best wishes to all Hon Members
— Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara (@YakubDogara) February 9, 2017
