Tinubu returns from UK and France visit

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President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja, Nigeria, from the United Kingdom (UK) and France after a two-week vacation.

He arrived at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday.

To receive him were his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Bagudu; the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, among others.

Tinubu departed Abuja for the UK on a two-week leave on Wednesday, October 2, according to the statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Onanuga said, “President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of his yearly leave.

“He will use the two weeks as a working vacation and a retreat to reflect on his administration’s economic reforms.

“He will return to the country after the leave expires,” the statement said.

Reports say, Tinubu left the UK for Paris, France on October 11, for “an important engagement,” his Senior Special Assistant on Political and Other Matters, Ibrahim Masari, said in a tweet.

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