The Nigerian presidency responds to questions from opposition presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi about who is in charge of the country while President Bola Tinubu and key officials are abroad. The response comes from Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, who says the president can govern Nigeria from anywhere in the world.
Bwala makes the argument in a post on X, saying the president’s constitutional powers are not restricted by geography. He cites Tinubu’s role as commander in chief of the armed forces, adding that the president can order, direct, delegate, and administer constitutional matters regardless of location. He also links his comments to the fact that Tinubu is on vacation in Paris and Vice President Kashim Shettima is in the United States for the 81st UN General Assembly.
Across the two reports, the focus is on Bwala’s framing of the opposition’s question as unnecessary and on his claim that Atiku and Obi have not presented a clear alternative approach. Both outlets repeat the same core remarks and the same examples of where Tinubu and Shettima are traveling or based during the period in question.
