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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari officially back to work

By AFP
Nigeria Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, pictured in London in May 2016.  By Dan Kitwood POOLAFPFile
MAR 13, 2017 LISTEN
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, pictured in London in May 2016. By Dan Kitwood (POOL/AFP/File)

Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari officially returned to work on Monday after sending a letter to the country's parliament following a health scare, the presidency said.

"President Muhammadu Buhari today resumed duties after his vacation," said presidential spokesman Femi Adesina in a statement.

Buhari, 74, returned to Nigeria last week Friday after nearly two months' medical leave in Britain, saying he "couldn't recall being so sick since I was a young man".

The health of Nigeria's president has become a sensitive issue following the 2010 death of president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua from a long-standing, but undisclosed, kidney complaint.

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