Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has clarified that he is not acting on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, who is currently in France.
Akpabio spoke in Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday amid controversy over the absence of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima from the Aso Rock Villa.
DAILY POST reports that while Tinubu is still on his three-week working vacation, Shettima is currently participating in the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.
Addressing the controversy over who is currently in charge of the government, Akpabio said he remains the Senate President and not the acting president of Nigeria.
“I am the Senate President and not the acting President of Nigeria because President Tinubu is still in power. He’s on a working leave, and there’s no absence in Aso Rock,” Akpabio said.
According to the Senate President, he is the “only person who can declare a vacancy and there will be a vacancy.”
“Right now, there is no vacancy. Asiwaju Tinubu is still in power, and he’s still running the affairs of Nigeria.
“The world is a global village, you can give instructions from the internet. So why are people complaining?” he said.
I’m not acting president – Akpabio addresses Tinubu, Shettima’s absence from Aso Rock