Complicated Presidency: Tinubu Goes Overseas Again As Swearing In Hangs In Uncertainty

<h4>Complicated Presidency<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that aside the clamour by stakeholders in the opposition political parties to ensure that the May 29 handover ceremonies do not hold&comma; uncertainty hovers in the political space about the availability of Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the swearing in&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This uncertainty gained currency early Tuesday when news filtered out that Tinubu who has been declared winner of the February 25 presidential election may not be available&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a report earlier published in Trixx blog&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em><strong>The president-elect&comma; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is set to travel out of the country again just two weeks after he returned from a one-month vacation overseas&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Confirming the travel plan&comma; last night&comma; his spokesman&comma; Tunde Rahman&comma; said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The President-elect&comma; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu&comma; may travel out&period; But definitely not tomorrow&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile&comma; those who have earlier objected to Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s presidential aspiration seem to have earned justification on account of the unending news about the former governor&&num;8217&semi;s state of health which they fear may hinder his efficiency in office&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; Tinubu who returned to Nigeria recently after over one month stay overseas told excited crowd at his Abuja residence that he is hale and hearty to tackle presidential tasks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He maintained that he had observed the necessary rest and there was no cause for worries&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;To demonstrate this&comma; he embarked on two days official visit to Rivers State where he commissioned projects and held meetings with principal office contestants in the 10th National Assembly&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;But those who spoke anonymously on his rumoured next travel concluded that all may not be well&comma; after all&period; &&num;8220&semi;If he travels&comma; nobody is sure how long he would stay to attend to his health&period; That places cloud of uncertainty on his availability on May 29&period; Even if he manages to be around&comma; things will not be properly arranged&comma;&&num;8221&semi; one of them said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;