A former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, says President Bola Tinubu’s return from his leave in the United Kingdom would bring relief to Nigerians.

The Star recalls that Tinubu departed Abuja on October 2, 2024, for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation.

A statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said Tinubu would use the two weeks as a working vacation and a retreat to reflect on his administration’s economic reforms.

Speaking in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Thursday, October 10, Okupe said Tinubu’s return from the UK will usher in a brighter future for Nigerians and bring relief to the citizens.

He said Nigerians criticising Tinubu’s trip to the UK for a two-week holiday were uninformed.

The former Director-General of Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign said: “I have read many uninformed criticisms of the president’s holiday trip abroad.

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“Personally, from my understanding of how presidents behave in periods of national crisis, I believe the president has willfully separated himself from officials, friends, and associates to reflect and review the last 17 months and chart a new way forward for his administration.

“At the same time, it is to carefully avoid undue interference from political associates, in his thought process to rejig his cabinet.

“Staying anywhere in Nigeria definitely will not afford him such peaceful and serene atmosphere to achieve his objective.

“The president’s return after this retreat would signal good tidings for the people of Nigeria and bring about the much-needed comfort and succour for our teeming masses.”

The Star