The Senate today declared Vice President Goodluck Jonathan acting President, ending the 78-day political logjam over President Umaru Yar'Adua's absence from home.
Senate President David Mark said the resolution became imperative following the President's admission on a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa Service programme on January 12 that he is ill and receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia.
Mark said the resolution was politically expedient to resolve the political crisis engendered by Yar'Adua's absence.
He said the President would resume duty when he returns home and notifies the senate accordingly of his fitness.
The motion to declare Jonathan acting President was unanimously endorsed by the senators.
Alhaji, should I make a guess that you support Goodluck Jonathan?
ReplyDeleteSure, Jonathan deserves nothing but our full support right now and that's why his picture remains label free.
ReplyDeleteWe do have a lot of concerns especially with his wife still under money laundering indictment by the EFCC and other corrupt people within his cabinet and other areas in the Government.