PMB received Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker


''wishing you quick recovery Mr President''-educboom.blogspot.com


''PMB received Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara at the Abuja House in London yesterday 17th August 2017.''

''Yakubu Dogara Visits PMB in London 100 days After Buhari Left Nigeria: The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday visited ailing President Muhammadu Buhari at the Abuja House, London.
The visit came over 100 days after Buhari left Nigeria for the British capital for his second medical vacation since he assumed office in May 2015.
He had left the country on May 7, 2017, shortly after receiving the Chibok girls who were released by their abductors the previous day.
The Presidency on Thursday, 17th August, 2017 posted a picture from the visit of the National Assembly leaders to the President on its twitter handle, @NGRPresident.
A message, “President @MBuhari today received Senate President @bukolasaraki and Speaker, House of Representatives @YakubDogara in Abuja House, London,” accompanied the picture.
Saraki and Dogara, who wore suits, were seen in the picture discussing with Buhari.
On Saturday, the President’s media team had paid him a similar visit.
Members of the team were led by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
According to a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President had told the team that visited him that there was tremendous improvement in his health and that he wished to return home.
“I have learnt to obey my doctor’s orders rather than be the one issuing the orders. Here, the doctor is absolutely in charge,” the President was quoted as saying.
Mohammed led the team that included Adesina; Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu; Personal Assistant on Digital/Online Media, Lauretta Onochie; and the Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
According to Adesina, when the team expressed delight at the improved health of the President, Buhari reportedly said, “I feel I could go home, but the doctors are in charge. I have now learnt to obey orders, rather than be obeyed.”
On how he felt hearing different conjectures about his health, Buhari was reported to have said he followed events at home closely. He was said to have lauded the media for keeping him informed.
When told that prayers were ongoing for his recovery; not only in Nigeria, but all over Africa and the world, the President reportedly said, “What we did in The Gambia early this year fetched us a lot of goodwill on the African continent. It gave us a lot of latitude. I thank all those who are praying. May God reward them.”
source: naijabulletin facebook post

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