Katsina State Governor Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, has said that there is no vacuum in the leadership of Nigeria with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo acting as president with full executive powers.
Speaking during a prayer session at the palace of Emir of Katsina which was attended by thousands of people shortly after the funeral of the mother of Katsina monarch, Hajiya Aminatu Kabir Usman, on recently , the governor said all the hues and cries about when he Buhari wil come back were unnecessary.
He noted that the President, has complied with the extant laws of the country by handing over power to Osinbajo, adding, “what is most important is to comply with the laws of the land.”
He said it is incumbent on all Nigerians to pray for the president based on the dictates of Islam and Christian religions as well as the performance of Buhari since he assumed office.
Governor Masari emphasized that there was no better time prayers for leaders were needed more than now when the president that God endowed with wisdom to overcome most of the insurgency and insecurity across the country was facing health challenges.
“What he did was based on the dictates of his conscience, religion and rule of law as dictated by the constitution of this country. There is no doubt that what he has done for this country is something that was never done before; it can only be equaled by the Nigerian civil war in which he was an active participant.
“I think for us as Nigerians, especially for the people in this part of the country, we should pray not only here, we should pray in our mosques, gatherings, funerals and everywhere,” he said.
The governor, who lauded the patriotic zeal of Nigerians for praying for the President’s safe return to the country from the United Kingdom, insisted that it was a duty every Nigerian owed not only Buhari but the country and future generations.
Earlier, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, the emir of Daura, speaking on behalf of the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, and the Emir of Hadeja, Jigawa State, who were in attendance, was carried away by emotions as he commended Nigerians over their prayers for the health of the president and the welfare of the nation.
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