President Muhammad Buhari has canceled his planned two-day official trip to Lagos state slated to start on Monday, May 23, 2016 over what has been described by his aides as a disturbing “ear infection”, according to reports from Sahara Reporters.
The President will however be represented at various official events scheduled for the two-day visit by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
The online New York based publication also claimed that the cancellation of the trip has a political connotation as Buhari was reportedly unhappy with a meeting the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Bola Tinubu had with organized labor under the aegis of the NLC (Nigeria Labor Congress) last week without clearance from the Presidency.
Buhari was meant to be in Lagos Monday, May 23, 2016 to begin a two-day working visit to Lagos State. It will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office about a year ago.
In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, stated that this is the first time in about 15years that a sitting President will be visiting the State on a working visit and is a testimony to the landmark achievements in the last one year of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as well as the good working relationship between Lagos State and the Federal Government.
Ayorinde added that President Buhari during the visit, would formally commission the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Rescue Unit in Cappa Oshodi built by the State Government to ensure prompt and swift response to emergency situations in the State.
He said the President would thereafter commission the newly constructed Ago Palace Way in Okota, Isolo after which he will pay homage to the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Rilwanu Aremu Akiolu at the Iga Iduganran, Lagos Island.
The Commissioner disclosed further that the President would later in the day be hosted to a reception rally by the State Government at the Tafawa Balewa Square, (TBS) Lagos where he will also commission and hand over security equipment and vehicles contributed by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration to securities agencies to beef up security in the state.
The release added that activities for the first day of the President’s visit would be rounded off with a State Banquet in his honour at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island but it seems all that is now on hold..
