Europe Vacation: Tinubu Went To Refuel, Says Aide

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has departed Nigeria on a three-week vacation to Europe as part of his annual leave.

Addressing journalists at the airport, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, said the vacation was well deserved and it will allow the President to “refuel”.

The President was accompanied to the airport by senior security personnel and government officials.

Dare noted that after attending to state matters in the last few months and taking monumental decisions, the President deserve the vacation.

According to the Presidential spokesman the president has been tackling issues relating to security and the economy, adding that “The President is proceeding on a well deserved leave.”

He said with five to six months of campaigns on the horizon, “at this point, it’s important that the President also refuels.”

According to him, “The President has had several months six, seven months of being engaged with state matters. We’ve seen monumental changes, monumental decisions taken with our security, with our economy and so many other things as pertains the running of the affairs of this country.

“At this point, the campaign season has just started. We have four, five months of serious campaigning, of course, governance will still continue,” Dare noted.

He explained that “At this point, it’s important that the President also refuels and even though he’s going on leave, we know that he’ll be engaged with state matters on a daily basis. He will receive briefings from his ministers, from the service chiefs as the case may be, and from every other person who is handling very key decisions in our country.” (Daily trust)