President Buhari begins short vacation - Presidency

                         
President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from Feb. 5 to Feb. 10., a statement said in Abuja on Friday.
The statement, issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Femi Adesina, said during the period, the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, would perform the functions of the president.
It stated that a formal notice of the president’s vacation had since been dispatched to the president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives as required by the constitution.
``In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution, President Buhari has dispatched a formal notice of his vacation to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,’’ the statement stated. (NAN)