Why there is no date for Buhari’s return - Presidency

- The presidency says there is no need for President Buhari to pressure himself into returning since there was an acting president in place

- Presidential aide Femi Adesina confirmed once again in an interview on NTA on Sunday, February 6, that the doctors now have ample time to examine the president's health while he could also get adequate rest

President Buhari now has enough time to rest after extending his vacation.

The Presidency has explained why there is no date mentioned for the return of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Femi Adesina, a special adviser to the president on media and publicity, told the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in an interview that this was so because there is "no vacuum in government".

Adesina said that since there was Yemi Osinbajo in place as acting president, Buhari could take as much time as needed for an adequate rest.

He said: “When he was leaving on Jan. 19 we announced that it was a vacation during which he would also do routine medical check-ups.

”Now, those check-ups have thrown up things that need to be further looked at and that is why he is asking for this extension of the vacation.

“The time is not stated and that reason is not far to seek because Mr President transmitted power to his vice, who is now the acting President.

“So, he does not need to be under that pressure of time again because there is no vacuum in government, there is an acting president.

“Therefore, the doctors can now exhaustively look at him and give him a clean bill of health before he returns home.”