Acting President Yemi Osinbaja Set To Preside Over Presidential Forum
Following the sudden deteriorating state of the President, The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo now the acting President will preside over the Presidential Quarterly Business Forum on Monday, May 8. The forum will take place at the State House by 10 am is set to focus on the creative digital economy and will be attended by Members of the Economic Management Team (EMT), and other senior government officials.
The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, May 8, will preside over the Presidential Quarterly Business Forum, the Presidency has said. The presidency on its official twitter account said the meeting will take place at the State House today, May 8. Presiding over quarterly business forum will be Osinbajo’s first role as the acting president since Buhari departed for United Kingdom from Nigerian on Sunday, May 7. The Presidency said today, PQBF is the third in the series and the first sector focused business forum.
The Presidency also said forum will focus on the creative digital economy and will be attended by Members of the Economic Management Team (EMT), and other senior government officials. The forum will take place from 10 am to 1 pm today.
See the Presidency’s tweet below:
The 3rd Edition of the Presidential Quarterly Business Forum holds this morning in Abuja. Acting Pres @ProfOsinbajo will preside.#PQBForum pic.twitter.com/hfIaTW6tkQ
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) May 8, 2017
The president’s trip comes two months after President Buhari returned from an earlier treatment. Upon his return on March 10, the president had announced that he will be returning to the United Kingdom for a continuation of his treatment.