The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would swing to action immediately he returns from vacation in Europe.
The party also said Tinubu, who has been out of Nigeria since 22nd March, would soon return ahead of his inauguration on 29th May.
Asked about the whereabouts of the President-elect on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, APC National Publicity Secretary, Barrister Felix Morka said: “He (Tinubu) is fine. After the elections and all of the energy expended, he just decided to take a moment of rest.
“Once he returns and he is inaugurated on 29th May, there will be no dulling, he will be saddled with the responsibility of running a country as massive and complex as Nigeria.
“I know he will be back in the country very shortly”.
Morka further said the President-elect would not be able to take deserved rest if he stayed in Nigeria after the polls, noting that he would be flanked by many lobbyists who wanted one thing or the other.
The APC chieftain also said all those who are necessary have access to Tinubu digitally and physically and he is working for the job ahead.
“It is working rest because even in his rest, he is also taking the time to reach out to heads of government and other levels of leadership of other countries that are vital to the agenda that he is bringing in his new government.
“So, he is not sleeping in his bed; he is also in meetings regularly with all kinds of people who are travelling from other countries to see him preparatory to his inauguration. So, it is a working visit”, Morka said.
Tinubu won the 25th February poll and was declared the President-elect by the electoral umpire.
On 22nd March, after controversy surrounded his whereabouts, Tinubu’s spokesman, Mr Tunde Rahman said his principal travelled to Paris in France to rest and observe the lesser hajj.
In 2021, Tinubu was away in the United Kingdom for over three months where he underwent surgery and therapy for a knee injury. He subsequently travelled to the UK and Paris a few times in 2022.
